Property lines in Essex County
See the shape and size of a parcel and where it meets the neighbors.
Essex County parcel viewer
The parcel viewer published by Essex County, Virginia: find a parcel and see its lines and details.
2 more options
- Virginia statewide property mapVirginia's statewide map of property lines. Search an address or parcel to see its boundaries. Accept the terms on the first screen to open the map.
Statewide What is this?
- Virginia GIS data downloadsDownload Virginia's statewide GIS data, such as roads, boundaries, imagery and elevation and property lines.
Statewide What is this?
Plats
- Essex County Circuit Court ClerkWhere deeds, mortgages, easements and other land documents are recorded. Start here to search recorded documents or order a copy.
Essex County
Surveys and section corners
- NGS survey mark and benchmark mapMap of National Geodetic Survey benchmarks and survey control marks. Zoom to a place, click a mark and open its datasheet with the mark's position, elevation a…
National What is this?
- Virginia licensed land surveyor lookupSearch the Virginia Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects for a licensed land su…
Statewide What is this?
- BLM General Land Office RecordsSearch original federal land patents and survey plats by name or legal description to find the first private owner of a parcel.
National What is this?
- NGS Survey Mark DatasheetsFederal survey mark datasheets and control monument records, searchable by county or coordinates.
National What is this?
Who to ask
- Essex County GISMapping and GIS data.
- gis@essexva.gov
- Address
- 202 South Church Street, Room 205, Tappahannock, VA 22560
- Website
- Visit website
- Essex County Circuit Court ClerkRecords deeds and other land documents.Christina A. Ambrose, Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Phone
- 804-443-4331
- cambrose@vacourts.gov
- Address
- 305 Prince Street Tappahannock, VA 22560
- Website
- Visit website
Guide: A parcel map is not a survey
About property lines
Property lines on a map come from the county parcel layer, which is drawn from deeds and surveys but is not a survey itself. It is accurate enough to see the shape and rough size of a lot and which neighbors touch it. Only a licensed surveyor can mark a legal boundary on the ground.