Counties and County Seats of West Virginia
West Virginia has 55 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.
55counties
5map regions to practice one at a time
3county seats that share their county’s name
Quick questions
- How many counties does West Virginia have?
- West Virginia has 55 counties.
- What is the county seat of Jefferson County?
- Charles Town.
- What is the county seat of Pleasants County?
- St. Marys.
All 55 West Virginia counties, with county seats
Central
- Barbour – Philippi
- Greenbrier – Lewisburg
- Lewis – Weston
- Nicholas – Summersville
- Pendleton – Franklin
- Pocahontas – Marlinton
- Randolph – Elkins
- Tucker – Parsons
- Upshur – Buckhannon
- Webster – Webster Springs
East
- Berkeley – Martinsburg
- Grant – Petersburg
- Hampshire – Romney
- Hardy – Moorefield
- Jefferson – Charles Town
- Mineral – Keyser
- Morgan – Berkeley Springs
Southwest
- Boone – Madison
- Cabell – Huntington
- Fayette – Fayetteville
- Kanawha – Charleston
- Lincoln – Hamlin
- Logan – Logan
- McDowell – Welch
- Mercer – Princeton
- Mingo – Williamson
- Monroe – Union
- Putnam – Winfield
- Raleigh – Beckley
- Summers – Hinton
- Wayne – Wayne
- Wyoming – Pineville
West
- Braxton – Sutton
- Calhoun – Grantsville
- Clay – Clay
- Doddridge – West Union
- Gilmer – Glenville
- Jackson – Ripley
- Mason – Point Pleasant
- Pleasants – St. Marys
- Ritchie – Harrisville
- Roane – Spencer
- Wirt – Elizabeth
- Wood – Parkersburg
North
- Brooke – Wellsburg
- Hancock – New Cumberland
- Harrison – Clarksburg
- Marion – Fairmont
- Marshall – Moundsville
- Monongalia – Morgantown
- Ohio – Wheeling
- Preston – Kingwood
- Taylor – Grafton
- Tyler – Middlebourne
- Wetzel – New Martinsville
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