Septic records and services in Gastonia, North Carolina

In Gaston County, North Carolina, which covers Gastonia, we have measured 32,878 parcels on septic and 41,768 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Gastonia on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Gastonia is, in the records

Gastonia is a city in Gaston County, North Carolina. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 35.248796, -81.186436 and its land area at 53.74 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 Gastonia

We have not yet collected septic documents from Gaston County, North Carolina, so for a Gastonia 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 is genuinely mixed: 32,878 of 74,646 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Gastonia address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. 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 Gastonia?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Gaston County, North Carolina, which covers Gastonia, we have measured 32,878 parcels on septic and 41,768 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Gastonia on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Gastonia in?

Gastonia is in Gaston County, North Carolina.

Records and services around Gastonia

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

ZIP codes that overlap Gastonia

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Gastonia’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 28052 (35% of the city)
• ZIP 28054 (31% of the city)
• ZIP 28056 (22% of the city)
• ZIP 28086 (6% of the city)
• ZIP 28016 (3% of the city)
• ZIP 28034 (3% of the city)
• ZIP 28098 (0% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Gastonia.

• Springdale — 3.7 mi
• Ranlo — 4.3 mi
• Dallas — 4.8 mi
• Lowell — 5.0 mi
• Spencer Mountain — 5.8 mi
• Bessemer City — 6.0 mi
• McAdenville — 6.1 mi
• Cramerton — 6.5 mi
• Belmont — 8.4 mi
• Stanley — 9.1 mi
• Kings Mountain — 9.3 mi
• High Shoals — 9.8 mi
• Alexis — 10.7 mi
• Mount Holly — 11.1 mi
• Crouse — 13.7 mi
• Iron Station — 14.3 mi
• Cherryville — 14.3 mi
• Waco — 15.8 mi
• Lowesville — 15.9 mi
• Dellview — 15.9 mi
• Lincolnton — 16.0 mi
• Grover — 16.2 mi
• Light Oak — 16.6 mi
• Patterson Springs — 18.6 mi
• Pineville — 19.7 mi
• Earl — 20.0 mi
• Charlotte — 20.2 mi
• Shelby — 20.5 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 Gaston County, North Carolina.

Open the parcel map and design tool