What County Am I In?
Allow the location prompt below and your GPS position is converted into a full address. In the United States — and in many other countries — the county appears in that address between the city and the state. Nothing is stored, and no account is needed.
Where to read your county in the result
After you locate, the full address line lists administrative levels from most local to most general. In US data the county typically sits between the city (or township) and the state — for example “… Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois …”. In countries that use districts, shires or provinces instead, that same slot holds the local equivalent. If no county-level name appears, the mapping data for that spot simply doesn't record one — see the FAQ below.
Why your county matters
In the US, the county is the unit that runs much of daily administration: property records and deeds, courts and jury duty, vehicle and voter registration, public health services, and property-tax assessment. In unincorporated areas the county is the local government. Knowing which county a point falls in is also the difference between two different court districts, school systems, or emergency-service boundaries that can sit a road apart.
County lines vs city limits vs ZIP codes
These three boundary systems are drawn by different authorities and routinely disagree. A city can span several counties (New York City covers five; Kansas City sprawls across four in two states), and ZIP codes are postal delivery routes that cross county lines freely — which is why “what county is this ZIP in” often has more than one answer. When the county matters legally, trust the point-based lookup on this page over anything inferred from a ZIP code.