Counties and County Seats of Colorado
Colorado has 64 counties. This map quiz helps students in grades 5–12 learn every county and its county seat by clicking the map. Start with one region, then try them all at once. Guided mode shows region colors and hints, and Challenge mode takes them away.
64counties
5map regions to practice one at a time
12county seats that share their county’s name
Quick questions
- How many counties does Colorado have?
- Colorado has 64 counties.
- What is the county seat of Elbert County?
- Kiowa.
- What is the county seat of Montezuma County?
- Cortez.
All 64 Colorado counties, with county seats
Northeast
- Adams – Brighton
- Arapahoe – Littleton
- Kit Carson – Burlington
- Logan – Sterling
- Morgan – Fort Morgan
- Phillips – Holyoke
- Sedgwick – Julesburg
- Washington – Akron
- Weld – Greeley
- Yuma – Wray
Central
- Alamosa – Alamosa
- Chaffee – Salida
- Costilla – San Luis
- Custer – Westcliffe
- Denver – Denver
- Douglas – Castle Rock
- El Paso – Colorado Springs
- Elbert – Kiowa
- Fremont – Ca\u00f1on City
- Huerfano – Walsenburg
- Jefferson – Golden
- Park – Fairplay
- Pueblo – Pueblo
- Teller – Cripple Creek
Southwest
- Archuleta – Pagosa Springs
- Conejos – Conejos
- Delta – Delta
- Dolores – Dove Creek
- Gunnison – Gunnison
- Hinsdale – Lake City
- La Plata – Durango
- Mesa – Grand Junction
- Mineral – Creede
- Montezuma – Cortez
- Montrose – Montrose
- Ouray – Ouray
- Rio Grande – Del Norte
- Saguache – Saguache
- San Juan – Silverton
- San Miguel – Telluride
Southeast
- Baca – Springfield
- Bent – Las Animas
- Cheyenne – Cheyenne Wells
- Crowley – Ordway
- Kiowa – Eads
- Las Animas – Trinidad
- Lincoln – Hugo
- Otero – La Junta
- Prowers – Lamar
Northwest
- Boulder – Boulder
- Broomfield – Broomfield
- Clear Creek – Georgetown
- Eagle – Eagle
- Garfield – Glenwood Springs
- Gilpin – Central City
- Grand – Hot Sulphur Springs
- Jackson – Walden
- Lake – Leadville
- Larimer – Fort Collins
- Moffat – Craig
- Pitkin – Aspen
- Rio Blanco – Meeker
- Routt – Steamboat Springs
- Summit – Breckenridge
Teachers: run a Class Conquest with your whole class, or see what a Teacher code unlocks.
Standards
This map is aligned with:
- C3 Framework D2.Geo.2.6-8: Use maps and other representations to explain how the locations of places and regions relate to each other.
- National Geography Standard 1: Use maps and other geographic representations to understand and communicate information.
- National Geography Standard 2: Use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments.
- National Geography Standard 5: People create regions to make sense of Earth’s complexity.
Alignment is our own. The groups that write these standards have not reviewed or endorsed Atlas Conquest.
Printable test for this map
Teachers can print the Colorado Counties Map Test with an answer key, with or without a word bank, and in A and B versions so neighbors can’t copy. See the Colorado Counties Map Test or browse all printable map tests.
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