districtry shows the districts a place is in and who represents it in each: your U.S. House member, your state legislators, your county board and, where they are published, many more. It works the same way in every state it covers. Start from the front page to pick a state, or type an address there.
On the front page, type a street address or a ZIP code under Start with an address and press Show districts. districtry opens the map for that place, with it picked, and the steps below take it from there. If the address matches more than one place, the map lists them for you to pick from.
1. Find your place
- Type an address in the search box at the top of the map and press Search. When one place matches, the map goes straight to it. If it lists several, pick the right one.
- Or tap the map where you live. Zoom in first if you live near a district line.
- Or use your location. Tap the search box and press Use my current location. Your phone or browser asks you first.
- A ZIP code works too. The map shows the whole ZIP code and outlines the districts it crosses, because one ZIP code can be in several. Press List them to see them listed.
- A link from Google Maps or Apple Maps can be pasted into the search box, and the map finds the place it points to.
- In Illinois you can also search by district name, such as "33rd ward" or "State Senate District 7".
If the place is in another state districtry covers, that state's map opens with the place selected.
2. Choose what to see
Once a place is picked, a list of the kinds of district appears beside the map, or below it on a phone: U.S. House District, State Senate District, County Board District and so on. Nothing is shown until you check one. Check as many as you like, and uncheck them to clear the map.
The list only offers what applies where you are. City wards, for example, appear only inside a city that publishes them. Where part of the map is shaded, fewer kinds of district are covered there, and the Coverage key on the map says what each shade means.
3. Read the cards
Each kind of district you check gets a card. It names the district, then who represents you there, their office, phone number and e-mail where the government publishes them, and a link to more. The map outlines the district in the same colour as its card.
If one source is down, only its own card says so, with a button to try again. The rest still answer.
The answers come from public government sources and are not official. Before relying on one for anything that matters, such as where you vote, check with the office it names.
4. Compare districts
Press Compare to this district on a card. The map then outlines the districts of every other kind you have checked that lie inside it or cross its edge. Press Stats on that card to list them, with how much of each lies inside, by area and, in Illinois, by people. Print or share prints the list or saves it as a PDF.
6. On a phone
- Install it. districtry can be added to your home screen from the browser. It opens to the state you used last.
- Shortcuts. On Android, press and hold the installed app's icon for Use my location and Report a problem.
- Share a place into it. On Android, share a place from Google Maps and choose districtry, and the map opens on that place.
7. More tools
- In Illinois, the Bulk Address Checker looks up a list of addresses at once.
- Boundary streets names the streets a selected district's edge runs along, in the district's colour, when you zoom in. Press it to switch that off.
- On a wide screen some links fold into the More menu at the top. On a phone they sit at the foot of the panel.
8. When something is missing or wrong
Not every government publishes its districts or its members. Press What data is missing? on any map to see what is missing there and why.
If an answer is wrong, press Feedback at the top of any map, which attaches the place you are looking at, use the report form, or e-mail corrections@overberg.co. Each state's sources page says where every answer comes from, and the privacy page says what is sent where.