How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 85.1°W, standard parallels 36.9°N and 38.7°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
How it works
This blank map of Kentucky shows all 120 counties of Kentucky, from Adair to Woodford, with Frankfort, the capital, in Franklin County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 120 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Adair and 120 on Woodford, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Kentucky outline map with every county
Kentucky has 120 counties, the third most of any state after Texas and Georgia. Pike County, in the eastern mountains, is the largest. Its neighbors, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri, are drawn around it without numbers.
With 120 counties, print Numbered and give each group one region: the Bluegrass, the east, the west and the south.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Kentucky have?
One hundred and twenty in the Census Bureau count, from Adair County to Woodford County in alphabetical order; with so many, the numbered sheet is busy.
What county is Frankfort in?
Frankfort stands in Franklin County, which is number 37 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Frankfort beside it.
Why does Kentucky have so many counties?
Counties were kept small so that anyone could ride to the county seat and back in a day; by 1912 Kentucky had 120.
Which county of Kentucky has the most people?
Jefferson County, around Louisville, has more people than any other county in Kentucky, while the capital, Frankfort, is in Franklin County.