Counties and County Seats of New Jersey
New Jersey has 21 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.
21counties
3map regions to practice one at a time
2county seats that share their county’s name
Quick questions
- How many counties does New Jersey have?
- New Jersey has 21 counties.
- What is the county seat of Gloucester County?
- Woodbury.
- What is the county seat of Ocean County?
- Toms River.
All 21 New Jersey counties, with county seats
South Jersey
- Atlantic – Mays Landing
- Burlington – Mount Holly
- Camden – Camden
- Cape May – Cape May Court House
- Cumberland – Bridgeton
- Gloucester – Woodbury
- Ocean – Toms River
- Salem – Salem
North Jersey
- Bergen – Hackensack
- Essex – Newark
- Hudson – Jersey City
- Morris – Morristown
- Passaic – Paterson
- Sussex – Newton
- Union – Elizabeth
- Warren – Belvidere
Central Jersey
- Hunterdon – Flemington
- Mercer – Trenton
- Middlesex – New Brunswick
- Monmouth – Freehold
- Somerset – Somerville
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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey Counties Map Test or browse all printable map tests.
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