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 80.5°W, standard parallels 37.8°N and 40.1°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 WV county map quiz asks all 55 counties of West Virginia on a blank map: Find it names one to tap, Name it lights one for you to name, and Study shows them all.
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2 areas of West Virginia
The areas under Start from split them into Northern West Virginia (31) and Southern West Virginia (24), so a round can be one part of the state at a time.
Typing a name
Under Name it you can type Barbour or Barbour County: the word County is optional, and accents or capitals do not matter.
Learn the counties around Charleston first, then work out to the borders with Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Questions and answers
How many counties are in the WV county map quiz?
All 55 of West Virginia, from Barbour County to Wyoming County, each asked once per round in a new order.
Where is Kanawha County on the map?
Kanawha County, around the capital, Charleston, is in the Southern West Virginia area; it also has the most people in the state.
Which county names does West Virginia share with Kentucky?
Twenty-three: Boone, Clay, Fayette and Grant among them are names in both states; here every one is the West Virginia county, so a name alone is enough.
Which county is the hardest to tap?
Hancock, the smallest shape on the map. Randolph is the biggest shape and the easiest.