Blog · October 14, 2026 · Alabama
Lowndes County Plat Book, Alabama: what to know
For acreage around Gordonville, plat books show ownership by township; the parcel viewer shows it today.
Main page: Lowndes County, AL GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Hunting for the latest Lowndes County plat book? These atlases map who owns rural land, page by page, useful for farms near Burkville. What this Lowndes County guide covers: what's in a plat book, where to find editions, and how the county viewer fills the gaps.
The Lowndes County plat book: start here
For a home near Gordonville, a plat book is a privately published atlas, showing rural owners and tract lines, page by page across the county.
The free map to start with
Your first stop is the AlabamaGIS / Flagship GIS - Lowndes County Revenue Commission public GIS; it maps each assessed parcel from Lowndesboro to White Hall. In and around Hayneville, type a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the matching parcel lights up. For a tract near White Hall, write down the parcel ID before closing the panel; each records desk in the county will want it.
How land is described here
Alabama uses the Public Land Survey System, which means a tract near Braggs is described by section, township and range. A standard section is about one square mile, roughly 640 acres, and a township holds 36 of them, though corrections make some sections near Collirene odd-sized. Write down the legal description for the tract near Hayneville before you request a deed or survey.
Backing up the map with records
The map is an index, not the title: deeds, plats and easements for land near White Hall are filed with the Judge of Probate (probate office). For a parcel near Mosses, use the book and page from the tax record so staff can find the deed fast.
Where to look for one
Libraries near Mosses sometimes keep past atlases, useful for family or title research.
Current ownership online
For current names, use the AlabamaGIS / Flagship GIS - Lowndes County Revenue Commission public GIS, across the county.
A homemade atlas
Print parcel views near Calhoun township by township and keep them in a binder for the truck.
Two kinds of plat
A plat book is not a recorded plat: recorded plats near Gordonville are filed with the Judge of Probate (probate office), and the atlas is just a guide.
Neighboring parcel maps
Lowndes County touches Autauga County, Butler County, Crenshaw County, Dallas County, and Montgomery County, and each of those keeps its own parcel map. Ground near Mosses that runs to the line may be split across two assessors' files, so check the neighboring map as well. For acreage around White Hall, the Platbookmapper state page links each neighboring county map across Alabama.
Which office to call
For assessment questions about property around Collirene go to the revenue commissioner or tax assessor, which maintains the tax roll. Questions about what you can build around Burkville need the planning or permitting office, town or county, depending on location.
Before you lean on the lines
If you're looking near Burkville, the acreage figure is an assessed number; only a licensed surveyor sets the real lines on the ground. For a tract near Fort Deposit, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month can take weeks to appear.
Common uses
Buyers and seed dealers around Calhoun rely on them for a big-picture view of who owns what.
A quick look at the area
Hayneville holds the county offices, home to the main records offices. Smaller places on the map include Benton, Fort Deposit, Gordonville, and Lowndesboro, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Roughly 9,717 people live in the county (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) across some 716 square miles around Calhoun. Lowndes County was formed in 1830, which matters when you trace an old farm's title.
On site with the map
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, handy when you're parked on a road near Burkville, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A screenshot of the parcel near Mosses with its ID is a good backup.
Questions about the Lowndes County plat book
Is a plat book the same as a recorded plat for land near Collirene?
For land near Lowndesboro, a plat book is a privately published atlas; check the deed.
Who sells plat books around Mosses?
For a tract near Gordonville, editions come and go; ask local offices.
Should I use the AlabamaGIS / Flagship GIS - Lowndes County Revenue Commission public GIS instead?
For current owners, the viewer is usually better; a printed atlas is still handy offline, whether the land is near Lowndesboro or elsewhere in the county.
Are old plat books online for land near White Hall?
On ground around Calhoun, some older atlases have been digitized; availability varies.
How is land described in Alabama deeds for land near Collirene?
For a tract near White Hall, it's the formal description of the land in the deed, and the parcel record often summarizes it.
Open the official Lowndes County, AL parcel map See it in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.