Squares on a Monopoly board are also known as spaces. Most of them are actually rectangle-shapes, but still, Monopoly squares is the familiar name by which many of us know them, or Monopoly spaces.
Every other guide I’ve found lists only the Monopoly properties (i.e. the ones you can build houses and hotels on).
So, in this list, I’ve included every square, including railroads, utilities, the jail space, and so on.
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How many squares are on a Monopoly board?
A classic Monopoly board has 40 squares:
- 22 colored streets
- 4 railroads
- 2 utilities
- 3 Chance squares
- 3 Community Chest squares
- 2 tax squares
- 1 Go space
- 1 Go to Jail space
- 1 Jail (incorporating Just Visiting)
- 1 Free Parking space
List of Monopoly Squares (US Version)
Here are the Monopoly Squares in the order that they appear on an American Monopoly board:
- Go
- Mediterranean Avenue
- Community Chest
- Baltic Avenue
- Income Tax
- Reading Railroad
- Oriental Avenue
- Chance
- Vermont Avenue
- Connecticut Avenue
- Jail / Just Visiting
- St. Charles Place
- Electric Company
- States Avenue
- Virginia Avenue
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- St. James Place
- Community Chest
- Tennessee Avenue
- New York Avenue
- Free Parking
- Kentucky Avenue
- Chance
- Indiana Avenue
- Illinois Avenue
- B. & O. Railroad
- Atlantic Avenue
- Ventnor Avenue
- Water Works
- Marvin Gardens
- Go To Jail
- Pacific Avenue
- North Carolina Avenue
- Community Chest
- Pennsylvania Avenue
- Short Line
- Chance
- Park Place
- Luxury Tax
- Boardwalk
List of Monopoly Squares (UK Version)
Here are the Monopoly Squares in the order that they appear on the UK board:
- Go
- Old Kent Road
- Community Chest
- Whitechapel Road
- Income Tax
- Kings Cross Station
- The Angel Islington
- Chance
- Euston Road
- Pentonville Road
- Jail / Just Visiting
- Pall Mall
- Electric Company
- Whitehall
- Northumberland Avenue
- Marylebone Station
- Bow Street
- Community Chest
- Marlborough Street
- Vine Street
- Free Parking
- Strand
- Chance
- Fleet Street
- Trafalgar Square
- Fenchurch St. Station
- Leicester Square
- Coventry Street
- Water Works
- Piccadilly
- Go To Jail
- Regent Street
- Oxford Street
- Community Chest
- Bond Street
- Liverpool St. Station
- Chance
- Park Lane
- Super Tax
- Mayfair
After taking a closer look at the UK Monopoly board you can also view the locations of the Monopoly streets on a map of London.
Monopoly Squares FAQs
To start a game of Monopoly, each player should place their token on the Go space.
On a classic Monopoly board, the four corner squares are Go, Jail/Just Visiting, Free Parking, and Go To Jail.
A classic Monopoly board features three Chance squares and three Community Chest squares.
Classic Monopoly has 22 colored properties, as well as four railroads and two utilities that you can buy.
On the US Monopoly board, the first space after Go is Meditteranean Avenue.
The Bottom Line
A classic Monopoly board can be said to have 40 squares, although only the corner spaces are actually square!
While the US and UK versions of Monopoly have different names for most of the squares, the board layout remains the same. Other versions of Monopoly such as Monopoly Mega Edition and Monopoly Junior have different layouts with more or fewer squares on the board.
If you’re making your own Monopoly board at home, I have a full step-by-step guide to that here: How To Make Your Own Monopoly Board.
