Kentucky: Counties and County Seats

Counties and County Seats of Kentucky

Kentucky has 120 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.

Quick questions

How many counties does Kentucky have?

Kentucky has 120 counties.

What is the county seat of Grant County?

Williamstown.

What is the county seat of McLean County?

Calhoun.

All 120 Kentucky counties, with county seats

• Adair – Columbia
• Allen – Scottsville
• Barren – Glasgow
• Breckinridge – Hardinsburg
• Bullitt – Shepherdsville
• Cumberland – Burkesville
• Edmonson – Brownsville
• Grayson – Leitchfield
• Green – Greensburg
• Hardin – Elizabethtown
• Hart – Munfordville
• Jefferson – Louisville
• Larue – Hodgenville
• Marion – Lebanon
• Meade – Brandenburg
• Metcalfe – Edmonton
• Monroe – Tompkinsville
• Nelson – Bardstown
• Taylor – Campbellsville
• Warren – Bowling Green
• Washington – Springfield

• Anderson – Lawrenceburg
• Boone – Burlington
• Bourbon – Paris
• Bracken – Brooksville
• Campbell – Newport
• Carroll – Carrollton
• Clark – Winchester
• Fayette – Lexington
• Franklin – Frankfort
• Gallatin – Warsaw
• Grant – Williamstown
• Harrison – Cynthiana
• Henry – New Castle
• Jessamine – Nicholasville
• Kenton – Covington
• Mason – Maysville
• Mercer – Harrodsburg
• Nicholas – Carlisle
• Oldham – La Grange
• Owen – Owenton
• Pendleton – Falmouth
• Robertson – Mount Olivet
• Scott – Georgetown
• Shelby – Shelbyville
• Spencer – Taylorsville
• Trimble – Bedford
• Woodford – Versailles

• Ballard – Wickliffe
• Calloway – Murray
• Carlisle – Bardwell
• Crittenden – Marion
• Fulton – Hickman
• Graves – Mayfield
• Hickman – Clinton
• Livingston – Smithland
• Lyon – Eddyville
• Marshall – Benton
• McCracken – Paducah
• Trigg – Cadiz

• Bath – Owingsville
• Boyd – Catlettsburg
• Breathitt – Jackson
• Carter – Grayson
• Elliott – Sandy Hook
• Fleming – Flemingsburg
• Floyd – Prestonsburg
• Greenup – Greenup
• Johnson – Paintsville
• Knott – Hindman
• Lawrence – Louisa
• Lee – Beattyville
• Letcher – Whitesburg
• Lewis – Vanceburg
• Magoffin – Salyersville
• Martin – Inez
• Menifee – Frenchburg
• Montgomery – Mount Sterling
• Morgan – West Liberty
• Perry – Hazard
• Pike – Pikeville
• Powell – Stanton
• Rowan – Morehead
• Wolfe – Campton

• Bell – Pineville
• Boyle – Danville
• Casey – Liberty
• Clay – Manchester
• Clinton – Albany
• Estill – Irvine
• Garrard – Lancaster
• Harlan – Harlan
• Jackson – McKee
• Knox – Barbourville
• Laurel – London
• Leslie – Hyden
• Lincoln – Stanford
• Madison – Richmond
• McCreary – Whitley City
• Owsley – Booneville
• Pulaski – Somerset
• Rockcastle – Mount Vernon
• Russell – Jamestown
• Wayne – Monticello
• Whitley – Williamsburg

• Butler – Morgantown
• Caldwell – Princeton
• Christian – Hopkinsville
• Daviess – Owensboro
• Hancock – Hawesville
• Henderson – Henderson
• Hopkins – Madisonville
• Logan – Russellville
• McLean – Calhoun
• Muhlenberg – Greenville
• Ohio – Hartford
• Simpson – Franklin
• Todd – Elkton
• Union – Morganfield
• Webster – Dixon

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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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky Counties Map Test or browse all printable map tests.

More maps to practice

• Kentucky: The Bluegrass Campaign
• Kentucky: The Central Kentucky Campaign
• Kentucky: The Eastern Kentucky Campaign
• Kentucky: The Southeast Kentucky Campaign
• Kentucky: The Western Kentucky Campaign
• Kentucky: Major Cities
• Kentucky: Rivers, Lakes and Landforms
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• Maryland: Counties and County Seats