The group formed in 2009 while members Rob Grote, Mark Larson, Connor Jacobus, and Braden Lawrence were all still in high school.

The Districts were formed in 2009 by four high schoolers from Lititz, a small town in central Pennsylvania.

Late in 2013, after a stint in viral success from a live studio session, The Districts signed with Fat Possum Records, and released an EP in early 2014 consisting of three remastered tracks from their previous releases and two new songs.

[3] In February 2015, the group's second full-length album, A Flourish and a Spoil, produced by John Congleton, also appeared on the Fat Possum label.

[7] In August 2017, the band released their third full length album, Popular Manipulations, once again under the Fat Possum label.