Maine: Counties and County Seats

Counties and County Seats of Maine

Maine has 16 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 Maine have?

Maine has 16 counties.

What is the county seat of Kennebec County?

Augusta.

What is the county seat of Piscataquis County?

Dover-Foxcroft.

All 16 Maine counties, with county seats

• Androscoggin – Auburn
• Cumberland – Portland
• Franklin – Farmington
• Kennebec – Augusta
• Knox – Rockland
• Lincoln – Wiscasset
• Oxford – Paris
• Sagadahoc – Bath
• York – Alfred

• Aroostook – Houlton
• Piscataquis – Dover-Foxcroft
• Somerset – Skowhegan

• Hancock – Ellsworth
• Penobscot – Bangor
• Waldo – Belfast
• Washington – Machias

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

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