Septic records and services in New Bedford, Massachusetts

We have not yet measured septic parcels or collected septic records for Bristol County, Massachusetts, which covers New Bedford. This page says what is and is not on file rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

What New Bedford is, in the records

New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 41.661303, -70.937913 and its land area at 20.00 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.

What we hold for the county that covers New Bedford

We have not yet collected septic documents from Bristol County, Massachusetts, so for a New Bedford property the county's own file is currently the only route. This page is about getting you to it, not about pretending we hold something we do not. The county publishes a records portal that we were able to search without creating an account, which makes checking a specific parcel something you can do yourself in a few minutes.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for New Bedford?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. We have not yet measured septic parcels or collected septic records for Bristol County, Massachusetts, which covers New Bedford. This page says what is and is not on file rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

Which county is New Bedford in?

New Bedford is in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Records and services around New Bedford

• Bristol County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Massachusetts septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• Massachusetts septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap New Bedford

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of New Bedford’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.

• ZIP 02745 (47% of the city)
• ZIP 02740 (29% of the city)
• ZIP 02746 (14% of the city)
• ZIP 02744 (7% of the city)
• ZIP 02747 (3% of the city)
• ZIP 02748 (0% of the city)
• ZIP 02743 (0% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of New Bedford.

• Acushnet Center — 2.3 mi
• Smith Mills — 3.3 mi
• Bliss Corner — 3.9 mi
• Mattapoisett Center — 7.2 mi
• North Westport — 9.0 mi
• Fall River — 9.2 mi
• Marion Center — 9.7 mi
• Weweantic — 11.8 mi
• Wareham Center — 12.7 mi
• Somerset — 12.9 mi
• West Wareham — 12.9 mi
• North Lakeville — 13.7 mi
• Ocean Grove — 14.8 mi
• Pocasset — 15.0 mi
• Onset — 15.1 mi
• North Falmouth — 15.9 mi
• West Falmouth — 16.0 mi
• Middleborough Center — 16.1 mi
• Woods Hole — 16.8 mi
• Bourne — 17.3 mi
• Buzzards Bay — 17.8 mi
• Monument Beach — 17.9 mi
• White Island Shores — 18.2 mi
• Taunton — 18.6 mi
• Falmouth — 18.6 mi
• Teaticket — 19.4 mi
• Raynham Center — 19.4 mi
• East Falmouth — 20.7 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Open the parcel map and design tool