What County Am I In?
Tap the button to see the county you are standing in right now, or type any US address to look up the county it belongs to.
Also see: What is my ZIP code? · Full location tool with map, GPS coordinates and sharing
Questions
How do I find out what county I am in?
Tap "Use my location" and allow location access. The tool reads your GPS position, finds the county boundary it falls in and shows the county, state, city and ZIP code. You can also type an address to see which county it is in.
Is the county the same as the city or the ZIP code?
No. A county is a larger administrative area that usually contains several cities and many ZIP codes. A single city can also sit in more than one county, and a ZIP code can cross a county line, so use the exact position or full address, not just the ZIP code.
Why does my state not show a county?
Louisiana calls its counties parishes and Alaska has boroughs and census areas. Connecticut and Rhode Island have counties on paper but little county government. In Virginia some independent cities belong to no county. The tool shows the name the map data uses.
Why would I need to know my county?
Counties set property tax and records offices, court and jury duty, voter registration, vehicle registration, building permits and many local alerts such as burn bans, flood and storm warnings.
Is my location stored?
No. Your position is used only in your browser to look up the county and is not saved by us. The county lookup is sent to the OpenStreetMap Nominatim service with the coordinates.
Does it work outside the United States?
It shows the region OpenStreetMap lists for that point (a county, district or similar), but it is built for US counties.
How it works
Your browser asks for your position (only after you tap the button). The coordinates are matched to the nearest address with Apple Maps, which gives the ZIP code, city and state, and to the administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap, which give the county. Indoors or on a desktop without GPS the position can be off by hundreds of metres to a few kilometres; if you are near a county line, check the result with a street address.