Counties and County Seats of Iowa
Iowa has 99 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.
99counties
6map regions to practice one at a time
9county seats that share their county’s name
Quick questions
- How many counties does Iowa have?
- Iowa has 99 counties.
- What is the county seat of Floyd County?
- Charles City.
- What is the county seat of Monona County?
- Onawa.
All 99 Iowa counties, with county seats
Southwest
- Adair – Greenfield
- Adams – Corning
- Audubon – Audubon
- Cass – Atlantic
- Clarke – Osceola
- Decatur – Leon
- Fremont – Sidney
- Guthrie – Guthrie Center
- Harrison – Logan
- Madison – Winterset
- Mills – Glenwood
- Montgomery – Red Oak
- Page – Clarinda
- Pottawattamie – Council Bluffs
- Ringgold – Mount Ayr
- Shelby – Harlan
- Taylor – Bedford
- Union – Creston
Northeast
- Allamakee – Waukon
- Black Hawk – Waterloo
- Bremer – Waverly
- Buchanan – Independence
- Butler – Allison
- Cerro Gordo – Mason City
- Chickasaw – New Hampton
- Clayton – Elkader
- Fayette – West Union
- Floyd – Charles City
- Franklin – Hampton
- Grundy – Grundy Center
- Hancock – Garner
- Hardin – Eldora
- Howard – Cresco
- Marshall – Marshalltown
- Mitchell – Osage
- Tama – Toledo
- Winnebago – Forest City
- Winneshiek – Decorah
- Worth – Northwood
Southeast
- Appanoose – Centerville
- Davis – Bloomfield
- Henry – Mount Pleasant
- Iowa – Marengo
- Jasper – Newton
- Jefferson – Fairfield
- Keokuk – Sigourney
- Lee – Fort Madison
- Lucas – Chariton
- Mahaska – Oskaloosa
- Marion – Knoxville
- Monroe – Albia
- Poweshiek – Montezuma
- Van Buren – Keosauqua
- Wapello – Ottumwa
- Warren – Indianola
- Washington – Washington
- Wayne – Corydon
East
- Benton – Vinton
- Cedar – Tipton
- Clinton – Clinton
- Delaware – Manchester
- Des Moines – Burlington
- Dubuque – Dubuque
- Jackson – Maquoketa
- Johnson – Iowa City
- Jones – Anamosa
- Linn – Cedar Rapids
- Louisa – Wapello
- Muscatine – Muscatine
- Scott – Davenport
West Central
- Boone – Boone
- Calhoun – Rockwell City
- Carroll – Carroll
- Crawford – Denison
- Dallas – Adel
- Greene – Jefferson
- Hamilton – Webster City
- Humboldt – Dakota City
- Kossuth – Algona
- Pocahontas – Pocahontas
- Polk – Des Moines
- Sac – Sac City
- Story – Nevada
- Webster – Fort Dodge
- Wright – Clarion
Northwest
- Buena Vista – Storm Lake
- Cherokee – Cherokee
- Clay – Spencer
- Dickinson – Spirit Lake
- Emmet – Estherville
- Ida – Ida Grove
- Lyon – Rock Rapids
- Monona – Onawa
- O'Brien – Primghar
- Osceola – Sibley
- Palo Alto – Emmetsburg
- Plymouth – Le Mars
- Sioux – Orange City
- Woodbury – Sioux City
Teachers: run a Class Conquest with your whole class, or see what a Teacher code unlocks.
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