Service Area · Collin County
Land surveying in Collin County, Texas
Roome Land Surveying works throughout Collin County from our office in Plano. The county seat is McKinney.
Useful Links
Collin County
Useful links to get you started. What applies to a project depends on the cities and counties involved in it, so check with the offices that affect yours — each one is the authority on its own requirements. We do not obtain permits or handle permitting for clients. We add local references here as they become available.
Appraisal District
Property values, ownership, parcel maps, and account details from the county appraisal district. A practical first stop for identifying who likely owns a tract — then confirmed against the deed records, which are the legal record of title.
Deed Records
Deeds, recorded plats, easements, liens, and other instruments filed with the county clerk. This is where the vesting deed and the deeds preceding it are found, which is where boundary work starts.
Permits and Development
City and county permitting offices.
Platting and Subdivision
City and county subdivision and platting rules.
Floodplain and Drainage
Local floodplain, drainage, and development information.
Maps and GIS
County mapping tools for parcels, boundaries, and flood layers. Useful for orientation and early research; they do not establish where a boundary sits on the ground.
About
About Collin County
Collin County and its seat, McKinney, both carry the name of Collin McKinney, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. It was marked off from Fannin County in 1846, and today it issues more building permits than any other county we serve.
- Established
- 1846
- Land area
- 841 sq mi
- Population, 2025
- 1,297,179
- up 21.7% since 2020
- Building permits, 2025
- 19,082
Services
Surveys we perform in Collin County
These are the surveys we are asked for most often. We handle field work, drafting, and review in house.
Title Survey
A comprehensive survey of boundary lines, right-of-way lines, easements, and setbacks for a real estate transaction.
Form Survey
A survey to confirm the location of the form boards for a concrete foundation before the slab is poured.
Boundary Survey
Boundary surveys for lots and tracts of any size, with the same field work and drafting we apply to a title survey.
Construction Staking
Staking of proposed improvements from the engineer's and architect's plans.
Topographic Survey
A survey showing the contours and elevations of a property.
Grade (Drainage) Survey
A survey showing the improvements on a property and the drainage of the lot.
Reach out
Need a survey in Collin County?
Tell us about the property and your project. We will discuss your needs, recommend the proper surveying service(s), and explain what is required to move forward.
Cities
Cities we serve in Collin County
We regularly take on work in these cities. If yours is not listed, contact us with the property address and we will confirm whether we can serve it.
Sources
- 1. Texas Local Government Code ch. 192 — instruments the county clerk records. Accessed .
- 2. Texas Occupations Code § 1071.002 — locating real property boundaries is the practice of professional surveying. Accessed .
- 3. U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts: Collin County, Texas. Population, percent change since 2020, building permits, and land area. Land area is the Census land figure and excludes water, so it reads lower than the total-area figures some mapping sites publish. Accessed .
- 4. Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas: Collin County. Accessed .
- 5. The historic Collin County Courthouse on the square in McKinney, Texas. Photo by Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Accessed .