In Charleston County, South Carolina, which covers James Island, we have measured 15,685 parcels on septic and 129,120 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for James Island on its own and this page does not estimate one.
James Island is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 32.736122, -79.937184 and its land area at 4.84 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the town level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.
| County | Records we hold | Parcels on septic | Parcels on sewer | County records portal | Searchable without an account |
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| Charleston County | 0 | 15,685 | 129,120 | not published | — |
We have not yet collected septic documents from Charleston County, South Carolina, so for a James Island 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 predominantly sewered: only 15,685 of 144,805 classified parcels are on septic. Septic properties near James Island are the exception, which is exactly why owners often do not know they have one. We have not found a published online records portal for this county, which means the file is requested from the county directly rather than searched.
Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.
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No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Charleston County, South Carolina, which covers James Island, we have measured 15,685 parcels on septic and 129,120 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for James Island on its own and this page does not estimate one.
James Island is in Charleston County, South Carolina.
From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of James Island’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.
Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of James Island.
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 Charleston County, South Carolina.