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. Water cut out of the shapes from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 72.5°W, standard parallels 43.1°N and 44.6°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 blank map of Vermont shows all 14 counties of Vermont, from Addison to Windsor, with Montpelier, the capital, in Washington County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 14 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Addison and 14 on Windsor, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Vermont on the map
Windsor County is the largest; Grand Isle, a county of islands in Lake Champlain, is the smallest. Its neighbors, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York and Canada, are drawn around it without numbers.
Montpelier is the smallest state capital by population; ask students to find it in Washington County.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Vermont have?
Fourteen in the Census Bureau count, from Addison County to Windsor County in alphabetical order.
What county is Montpelier in?
Montpelier stands in Washington County, which is number 12 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Montpelier beside it.
Which is the smallest county in Vermont?
Grand Isle County, made of islands and a peninsula in Lake Champlain. Windsor County is the largest, and Chittenden County, around Burlington, has the most people.
Which county of Vermont has the most people?
Chittenden County, around Burlington, has more people than any other county in Vermont, while the capital, Montpelier, is in Washington County.