Madison County: Permanent Parcel Numbers Explained

Some of you may be familiar with a little number known as the Permanent Parcel Number. Realtors and lenders see it on their title insurance commitments and home owners may recognize it from their tax bills. While this number is an identification number for your unique piece of property, much like a social security number is a unique number for each individual, the digit combination has a special meaning.

This post is going to briefly explain what those numbers mean!

For our example today, we will use Permanent Parcel No. 14-2-15-11-10-102-032

The first two digits (14) will always reference your township number. In this case, the number 14 represents the Edwardsville Township. See the table at the bottom of this post for the other numbers and their corresponding county.

The second set of digits (2) will identify if the property is a tract of ground or a lot in a subdivision. The number 1, is for a tract of ground and the number 2 is for a lot in a subdivision. Our example is a lot in a subdivision. Note: This particular number and position in the permanent parcel number will only ever be represented by the number 1 or 2.

The third, fourth and fifth set of digits (15-11-10) represent the numbers on the corresponding tax map. Madison County has over 2,315 Tax Maps showing the parcel numbers, dimensions, acreage, and street names. In this set, the fourth set of digits (11) represents the section number of the property which is used to locate the parcel on the tax map.

The sixth set of digits (102) is the map block in which the parcel is located on the tax map.

Finally, the seventh set of digits (032) is your unique lot, or the lot your are trying to identify.

Township Number	Township
01	Helvetia
02	Saline
03	Leef
04	New Douglas
05	St. Jacob
06	Marine
07	Alhambra
08	Olive
09	Jarvis
10	Pin Oak
11	Hamel
12	Omphghent
13	Collinsville
14	Edwardsville
15	Ft. Russell
16	Moro
17	Nameoki
18	Chouteau
19	Wood River
20	Foster
21	Venice
22	Nameoki
23	Alton
24	Godfrey