Blog · October 13, 2026 · Indiana
Plat Book of Monroe County, Indiana
The free official plat book for Monroe County, how to search it, and what the parcel data does and doesn't tell you about owners, acreage and property lines.
Main page: Monroe County, IN GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Monroe County facts and neighboring maps).
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If you're pricing land, checking a fence line or tracking down an owner for hunting permission, start with the Monroe County plat book. The official parcel map for Monroe County, Indiana is free and opens without a login.
We'll start with the official link, then cover Ellettsville and the other towns, land types, property lines and records.
Getting oriented in Monroe County
Most of the platted lots cluster in and around Bloomington (the county seat) and Ellettsville and Stinesville. Census Bureau estimates show 139,342 residents in 2023 and around 395 square miles of land in the county. Around Stinesville and Ellettsville nearly every click lands on a platted lot, so the few remaining open parcels are easy to pick out. On the parcel layer, Hoosier National Forest shows up as public ground, and the private tracts along its edges are worth checking line by line.
Is there a current Monroe County plat book?
A plat book is the paper cousin of the online parcel map: a township-by-township atlas with owner names, handy in a truck near Stinesville. Treat a printed edition as a handy field reference near Ellettsville and the online map as the current record. If a printed book and the online map disagree about a tract near Ellettsville, the recorded deed decides.
Getting into the Monroe County Beacon site
The Monroe County Beacon site is the county's own public parcel viewer; it runs on Schneider Geospatial's Beacon platform. For a tract near Bloomington, the report page lists sales history and the legal description, and a map link zooms straight to it. Bookmark the Platbookmapper page for Monroe County too; we update it when the official map moves.
Are the Monroe County property lines accurate?
Lines on the map show roughly where one parcel near Bloomington ends and the next begins; the exact spot is a surveyor's call. Rural Monroe County land sits on the federal survey grid: a deed might call out a quarter of a numbered section in a given township and range. For rural ground near Broadview, a recorded survey or a new one is the only reliable source for the true line.
Where Monroe County deeds and plats are kept
Every line on the Monroe County map traces back to a recorded deed or plat, and the county's recording office keeps those documents. Which office that is depends on how Indiana organizes it, so look it up on the Monroe County government site before you call. Rural tracts near Broadview may go back through several deeds; the instrument number on the record is the first link in that chain.
Who needs this map
Here's who tends to use it in Monroe County. A builder sizing up an infill lot near Stinesville can check its width, depth and road frontage in a couple of minutes. House hunters looking at Bloomington use the parcel record as a free check on the listing: lot size, legal description and last recorded sale. Investors comb the area around Ellettsville for unbuilt parcels and absentee owners, two clues that a tract might be for sale. Rural owners near Broadview use the map to see how many acres the county has on record for them and who owns the land next door.
Private and public hunting ground in Monroe County
Hunters working the country toward the Brown County line can use the parcel map to put a name on every woodlot and field. Around Hoosier National Forest, private tracts can press right up against the public boundary, so check the lines before you walk in. Licenses and season dates for the Broadview area come from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Landowners in Monroe County hear from a lot of hunters; a specific request that names the parcel stands out.
Work and land use in Monroe County
By the Census Bureau's 2022 count, 3,058 business establishments operated in Monroe County. Health care and social assistance had the most, followed by accommodation and food services and retail trade. What stands out is mining (except oil and gas), hospitals, and accommodation (hotels, motels, RV parks and camps): those sectors make up a much larger slice of local businesses than they do nationally. For land near Bloomington, the deed history matters as much as the map: minerals may belong to someone else entirely. Keep that in mind when you compare parcels in Monroe County: who works here shapes what land sells.
Monroe County parcel map FAQ
Is there a printed plat book for Monroe County?
Whether a current printed edition exists for Monroe County varies; the free online map covering Stinesville and the rest of the county is the dependable option.
What's the best way to locate a boundary in Monroe County?
On rural land near Broadview, the parcel map gives a rough outline, the deed gives the calls, and an Indiana surveyor finds the corners.
How can I tell who owns land near Stinesville?
Owner names for parcels from Stinesville to Bloomington are on the Monroe County Beacon site; search by address or click the map.
Is the Monroe County parcel map free?
Free. The Monroe County map is a public record tool, and no sign-up is needed.
How accurate is the Monroe County GIS acreage?
Close enough to screen a tract near Broadview, not close enough to price it by the acre. Use a survey for that.
How do hunters use the Monroe County parcel map?
Use it to find the owner of a woodlot near Bloomington, then ask; the map itself grants no hunting rights.
Open the official Monroe County, IN parcel map Monroe County 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.