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Columbia County Records Inventory
Land Subdivision Records
1867-[ongoing]
Series documents the subdividing and partitioning of land within the county. Records include survey notes, correspondence, photographs, satisfaction of agreements, maps of subdivided and partitioned land, and contracts and permits. Information includes subdivision names; lot, street, and alley dimensions; and township, range, and section numbers of land to be subdivided or partitioned.
Subdivision plats recorded before 1909 were recorded in the Deed Record. See Deeds and Indexes.
Columbia County Courthouse Annex, Clerk's Office:
Plat Index [includes subdivisions, partitions, and vacations], 1990-present (1
volume);
Plats [Subdivision], no. A1-A186B, 1909-1988 (2 inches of aperture cards).
Columbia County Courthouse Annex, Vault:
Index of Town Plats and Subdivisions [indexes plats in cabinets and deed books],
ca.1889-ca.1990 (1 volume);
[Subdivision and Partition Plats], 1909-present (ca.1200 plats).
Columbia County Courthouse Annex, Land Development Services Office:
Old Subdivision & Partitioning Ordinances, 1963-1984 (1 binder);
[Planning and Building Case Files-includes subdivision and partition actions-by
township and range], ca.1978-present (ca.465 cu.ft.);
S.P.O. Legislative HX [Subdivision and Partition Ordinance Amendments], 1974-2001
(1 binder).
Columbia County Courthouse Annex, Land Development Services
Old Jail Storage Room:
PA [Plat Amendments-Land Use Action Supporting Documents-includes actions related
to subdivisions and partitions], 1998-2003 (10 cu.ft.).
Columbia County Courthouse Annex, Assessor's Office Break
Room:
Index to Town Lots, vol. 1, ca.1867-1913 (1 volume);
[Subdivision Lot Ownership Register], ca.1889-ca.1957 (2 volumes).
Columbia County Courthouse, Surveyor's Office Vault:
Numerical Survey Index [indexes filed surveys, road surveys, and subdivision
and partition plats], ca.1889-present (1 binder);
Partition Plats, 1990-present (ca.400 plats);
Plat Book [Subdivision],
1909-present (ca.400 plats);
Subdivision Plat Index, ca.1889-present (1 binder).
Columbia County Web site:
Columbia County Subdivision and Partitioning Ordinance, 1990-present (Internet).
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