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 92.2°W, standard parallels 36.8°N and 39.8°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 Missouri shows all 115 counties and St. Louis City of Missouri, from Adair to Wright, with Jefferson City, the capital, in Cole County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 115 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Adair and 115 on Wright, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Missouri on the map
St. Louis City is independent of any county and carries a ring; St. Louis County surrounds it. Texas County, in the Ozarks, is the largest. Its neighbors, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, are drawn around it without numbers.
St. Louis City and St. Louis County are two numbers. Point this out before students label the map.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Missouri have?
One hundred and fifteen, 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis, in the Census Bureau count, from Adair County to Wright County in alphabetical order; with so many, the numbered sheet is busy.
What county is Jefferson City in?
Jefferson City stands in Cole County, which is number 26 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Jefferson City beside it.
Is St. Louis in St. Louis County?
No. The city of St. Louis split from the county in 1876 and is independent of it, although the county wraps around it.
Which county of Missouri has the most people?
St. Louis County, around the city of St. Louis, has more people than any other county in Missouri, while the capital, Jefferson City, is in Cole County.