Welcome to the Alexander County GIS main page. Our mission is to provide you with the most current data in a user-friendly interface. Our site works with all browser applications and is designed to provide you all the information you need for daily research projects. Choose from any of the listed GIS sites to access county information.
Physical Address
151 West Main Ave.
Taylorsville, NC 28681
Mailing Address
151 West Main Avenue Suite 5
Taylorsville, NC 28681
Office Hours
Monday–Friday
8:00am–12:00pm & 1:00pm–5:00pm
Site Usage And Mapping Questions
Martin Moose – 828-632-4346
Addressing And Street Questions
Sara Milstead – 828-632-1376
Data Requests
Lisa Harrington – 828-635-3024
County Shape File Data
Alexander County data is available in shape file format. Layers included are parcels, city limits, county boundary, elevation, fire districts, structures, streets, floodplains, watersheds, farmland preservation, streams and lakes, soils, voting districts, city and county zoning, hydrants.
The cost for the data is $25.00
Please make checks payable to Alexander County and send to:
Alexander County GIS
621 Liledoun Road
Taylorsville, NC 28681
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GIS/911 Addressing Department Mission
The GIS department is responsible for maintaining the county’s GIS database, GIS web site, public access computers in the tax office, emergency operations center server, and the 911 CAD mapping database used for responding to emergencies, as well as maintaining the 911 addressing database.
Other duties include overseeing the acquisition of new aerial photography, creating custom maps, maintaining and troubleshooting numerous departments using GIS software, and overseeing editing processes to the data being done by different departments throughout Alexander county.
These departments include the mapping department, economic development, soil and water, planning and inspections, the tax office, environmental health, and emergency services.
Other duties include the distribution of data, creation of new layers, custom map generation, analyzing data for other departments and the general public, assigning street names and addresses, ordering street signs, maintaining an accurate street centerline file, and helping the general public with addressing issues.
The staff consists of a GIS Coordinator, and a GIS technician. These employees handle the day-to-day operations of the county’s GIS and addressing needs.
Our goal is to provide the most current data and services possible in an efficient and timely manner.