Service Area · Dallas County
Land surveying in Dallas County, Texas
Roome Land Surveying works throughout Dallas County from our office in Plano. The county seat is Dallas.
Useful Links
Dallas 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.
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 Dallas County
Dallas County was formed in 1846 out of parts of Nacogdoches and Robertson counties, and is named, most likely, for George Mifflin Dallas, vice president under James K. Polk. It is the most populous county we serve.
- Established
- 1846
- Land area
- 873 sq mi
- Population, 2025
- 2,661,397
- up 1.9% since 2020
- Building permits, 2025
- 12,691
Services
Surveys we perform in Dallas 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.
As-Built Survey
A survey of a piece of property with all improvements shown.
Tree Location Survey
Records the location, trunk diameter at 4.5 feet above ground, type of tree, and optional marking of trees on a property for city requirements and design.
Design Survey
The title survey elements plus elevations, contours, and utility data that engineers and architects design from.
Reach out
Need a survey in Dallas 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 Dallas 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: Dallas 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: Dallas County. Accessed .
- 5. The downtown Dallas skyline, seen from Reunion Tower, in Dallas, Texas. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Accessed .