When was this neighborhood laid out? What streets were included? What was this neighborhood called?
When a subdivision is laid out, the developer must file a Plat Map at the Register of Deeds Office. It shows:
- Date the neighborhood was laid out
- Original names of the subdivision, streets
- Developer’s name
- And more
How to find Plat Maps in Mecklenburg County
Step 1: Go to Polaris 3G. Type in the address you want to research.
Step 2: Scroll down at the left to find the Legal Desc link. The link will look like this, “L17 B22 M4-661.” In this example you are looking for Map Book 4 and page 661. Write down this number. Now click on link.
Step 3: At the bottom of the new page, click to “acknowledge” the disclaimer. Then on the next page, click on “Imaging System Only” at the top. (For post-1990 Plat Maps this step is slightly different — see Step 6 below.)
Step 4: Open the drop-down menu in upper left corner and choose “Maps.” Enter map number in map field and page number in page field. Click on “View Page. This will download the map to your computer as a PDF.
Step 5: Open the file in your PDF viewer, and there is your plat map.
Step 6: For post-1990 Plat Maps, there’s a simpler disclaimer system. Just click to “acknowledge” the disclaimer and you’ll go right to the Plat Map! (To download it, you can click at the upper left on “this image,” then “get items now.”)