Yes, the Surveyor's office is open for business. We are also happy to serve you via phone or email. Please follow the Federal CDC mask guidelines when you visit the Public Services Building. Your County Surveyor is a constitutional officer of the county and is elected to a 4-yr term from the county at large. LEGAL SURVEY BOOK - the County Surveyor maintains a legal survey record book for all legal surveys within the county.
A legal survey is a survey prepared by a registered land surveyor with notice to all adjoining landowners to resolve property disputes. SECTION CORNER PERPETUATION - the County Surveyor must keep and maintain a corner record book showing original government section corners. Every deed, parcel, and legal land document in the State of Indiana is tied into the original survey performed in the early years of settlement.
Section corner posts were set at half mile intervals to mark each square mile of the State. In order to prevent gaps and overlaps of land ownership, it is important that these markers are maintained.
A legal survey is a survey prepared by a registered land surveyor with notice to all adjoining landowners to resolve property disputes. SECTION CORNER PERPETUATION - the County Surveyor must keep and maintain a corner record book showing original government section corners. Every deed, parcel, and legal land document in the State of Indiana is tied into the original survey performed in the early years of settlement.
Section corner posts were set at half mile intervals to mark each square mile of the State. In order to prevent gaps and overlaps of land ownership, it is important that these markers are maintained.
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Click the above picture to view the original Elkhart County Township Plats, scanned from originals located in the Surveyor's Office.
Pictured above is "Our artist going East" as the caption reads.
The plats are filled with illustrations from their somewhat eccentric artist.
The Office of the Elkhart County Surveyor began in 1831 upon the appointment of George Crawford by the County Commission as the first county surveyor.
It was not Crawford who conducted the county's first survey, however.
In 1784, the Continental Congress began debating the sale of western lands, based upon a report delivered by Thomas Jefferson.
Pictured above is "Our artist going East" as the caption reads.
The plats are filled with illustrations from their somewhat eccentric artist.
The Office of the Elkhart County Surveyor began in 1831 upon the appointment of George Crawford by the County Commission as the first county surveyor.
It was not Crawford who conducted the county's first survey, however.
In 1784, the Continental Congress began debating the sale of western lands, based upon a report delivered by Thomas Jefferson.
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