How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26; names, ids and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's. 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; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
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 and from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 69.3°W, standard parallels 43.8°N and 46.7°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; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This Maine outline map shows all 16 counties of Maine, from Androscoggin to York, with Augusta, the capital, in Kennebec County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 16 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Androscoggin and 16 on York, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Maine on the map
Aroostook County, at the northern tip, is the largest county east of the Mississippi River, bigger than the state of Connecticut. Its neighbors, New Hampshire and Canada, are drawn around it without numbers.
Sixteen counties fit an early lesson: print Blank and have students write each name.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Maine have?
Sixteen in the Census Bureau count, from Androscoggin County to York County in alphabetical order.
What county is Augusta in?
Augusta stands in Kennebec County, which is number 6 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Augusta beside it.
Which is the largest county in Maine?
Aroostook County, in the far north, the largest county east of the Mississippi. It borders Canada to the north and east.
Which county of Maine has the most people?
Cumberland County, around Portland, has more people than any other county in Maine, while the capital, Augusta, is in Kennebec County.