Nelson County, VA Parcels & GIS Data

Nelson County, VA parcel data: 19,410 property records with owner names, assessed values, land use, acreage, and addresses. Preview and download.

Land Records publishes Nelson County, Virginia parcel data covering 19,410 property records.

This page documents parcel-level coverage for Nelson County, Virginia. Each parcel record carries its boundary polygon (GIS geometry) along with attributes such as the parcel ID/APN, owner name and mailing address, situs (property) address, assessed land and improvement values, acreage, land-use and zoning codes, year built, and most recent sale price and date. Exact fill rates for Nelson County are listed in the attribute-coverage table below. Preview the data in the interactive explorer, or download the complete Nelson County property dataset.

Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,775. Its county seat is Lovingston. Nelson County is part of the Charlottesville metropolitan area.

FIPS 51125

Official county website: https://paynelsoncountyva.us/

The FIPS code for Nelson County is 51125.

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Attribute coverage

Nelson County contains 19,410 parcels in the current dataset. Column coverage is the percentage of those parcels for which the attribute is populated (non-NULL). For the LBCS columns, only real classifications count: the to-be-determined and not-applicable placeholder codes are excluded.

ColumnCoverageRecords populated
lrid100%19,410
parcelid99.9%19,395
parcelid292.4%17,933
ogparcelid100%19,410
ogparcelid299.1%19,228
parentid<0.1%0
stackid<0.1%0
geoid100%19,410
statefp100%19,410
countyfp100%19,410
countyname100%19,410
cousubfp100%19,410
cousubname100%19,410
tractce100%19,410
tractname100%19,410
taxacctnum98.9%19,199
taxyear100%19,410
taxdistrict99.1%19,228
usecode92.3%17,913
usedesc98.9%19,205
zoningcode7.5%1,450
zoningdesc5.2%1,009
numbldgs63.1%12,246
numunits62.6%12,157
yearbuilt57.6%11,177
numfloors57.4%11,144
bldgsqft63.0%12,222
bedrooms56.4%10,949
halfbaths57.2%11,104
fullbaths57.2%11,104
imprvalue91.9%17,831
landvalue92.3%17,913
agvalue<0.1%1
totalvalue92.3%17,913
taxacres92.3%17,913
calcarea100%19,410
saleamt46.9%9,107
saledate91.8%17,814
ownertype92.3%17,913
ownername92.3%17,913
owneraddr90.9%17,644
ownercity98.7%19,151
ownerstate98.7%19,151
ownerzip98.7%19,154
parceladdr97.2%18,869
parcelcity97.1%18,855
parcelstate100%19,410
parcelzip100%19,410
legaldesc98.5%19,122
township<0.1%0
section<0.1%0
qtrsection<0.1%0
range<0.1%0
plssdesc<0.1%0
book90.0%17,468
page<0.1%0
block90.1%17,496
lot99.4%19,286
parceltype0.3%63
accesstype2.0%392
iucnclass1.9%372
placename4.8%939
placetype4.8%924
firmid100%19,410
firmdate100%19,410
fldzone100%19,410
zonesubty97.0%18,828
staticbfe<0.1%0
elevmin96.8%18,791
elevmax96.8%18,791
elevavg96.8%18,791
fireplaces94.6%18,362
heating96.7%18,773
heatfuel96.7%18,773
cooling96.7%18,773
foundation96.7%18,761
roofcover96.7%18,761
siding96.6%18,741
bldgtype<0.1%0
naicscode10.7%2,080
frsid<0.1%0
dfrurl<0.1%0
caapermit<0.1%0
cwapermit<0.1%0
rcrapermit<0.1%0
updated99.8%19,369
centroidx100%19,410
centroidy100%19,410
surfpointx100%19,410
surfpointy100%19,410
geom100%19,410
extras100%19,410
ownerlist75.9%14,737
placefp36.5%7,085
zoningurl<0.1%1
lbcsactivity76.5%14,853
lbcsfunction76.4%14,831
lbcstype76.5%14,858
lbcscharacter84.8%16,454
lbcsownership92.6%17,982
sourceurl<0.1%0

Schema mapping

How source columns from the acquired Nelson County GIS layers map into the harmonized entity schemas and assemble into the published parcel table, alongside supplemented fields (elevation, flood zone) and deterministic columns.

Schema mapping — Nelson County, Virginia (51125) 2 entities · most recent acquisition per entity · generated 2026-10-10 direct column transformed (expression) geometry extras json supplemented determined ALL ENTITIES → FINAL PARCEL SCHEMA Harmonized entity columns assemble into publish.parcel_layer — matched by column name. Supplemented fields show their fill rate in this county. SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED ENTITIES PUBLISH.PARCEL_LAYER PARCEL lrsnum altpinnumber account reassessmentdate propertyclass propertyclassdescription yearbuilt stories size bedrooms halfbaths fullbaths improvedvalue landvalue totalvalue acres saleprice1 saledate1 propertyowner propertyowner2 ownermailingaddr ownercity ownerstate ownerzip physicaladdress city description1 description2 description3 blk lot editdate geom magisterialdistrict fireplace heatingtype centralair foundationsqft roofcover exterior map ins dc sublot deedbookandpage landdescription1 landdescription2 landvalue2 landdescription3 landvalue3 landdescription4 landvalue4 landdescription5 landvalue5 water sewer gas electric easement topography characteristic sidewalk structure roofstyle attachedgarage detachedgarage attachedcarport basementgarage enclosedporch openporch wooddeck totalnumberrooms interiorwalls floorfinish1 floorfinish2 attictype atticfinish basement basementfinish lower lowerfinish grantor1 deedreference1 saledate2 saleprice2 grantor2 deedreference2 saledate3 saleprice3 grantor3 deedreference3 creationdate creator editor parcelid parcelid2 taxacctnum taxyear usecode usedesc yearbuilt numfloors bldgsqft bedrooms halfbaths fullbaths imprvalue landvalue totalvalue taxacres saleamt saledate ownername owneraddr ownercity ownerstate ownerzip parceladdr parcelcity legaldesc block lot updated geom taxdistrict fireplaces heating cooling foundation roofcover siding extras ZONING geom zoning zoning_type map ins dc blk lot sublot account gpin type condo_name chg_by notes deed_book ppin code batch_id tempins tempwint zoning_editor objectid_1 account_1 map_1 ins_1 dc_1 blk_1 lot_1 sublot_1 map_pin edit_date editor edit_desc parcelnumber propertyowner propertyownername2 physicaladdress city deedbookandpage magisterialdistrict description1 description2 description3 ownermailingaddr ownercity ownerstate ownerzip propertyclass propertyclassdescription lrsnum altpinnumber landdescription1 landdescription2 landdescription3 landdescription4 landdescription5 water sewer gas electric easement topography characteristic sidewalk grantorname1 deedreference1 grantorname2 deedreference2 grantorname3 deedreference3 gpin_1 landvalue improvedvalue totalvalue reassessmentdate landvalue2 landvalue3 landvalue4 landvalue5 saledate1 saledate2 saledate3 saleprice1 saleprice2 saleprice3 legal_acres gis_acres geom zoningcode zoningtype extras determined · ground truth 100% lrid 100% geoid 100% statefp 100% countyfp 100% countyname 100% cousubfp 100% cousubname 100% tractce 100% tractname geom · derived from geometry geom dem.us_1m · USGS 1m DEM 96.8% elevmin 96.8% elevmax 96.8% elevavg s_fld_haz_ar · FEMA NFHL 100% fldzone 97.0% zonesubty 100% firmdate 100% firmid supplemented · derived / other pipelines 63.1% numbldgs 62.6% numunits 100% parcelstate 100% parcelzip 90.0% book 96.7% heatfuel 75.9% ownerlist 76.5% lbcsactivity 76.4% lbcsfunction 76.5% lbcstype 84.8% lbcscharacter 92.6% lbcsownership lrid parcelid parcelid2 ogparcelid ogparcelid2 geoid statefp countyfp countyname cousubfp cousubname tractce tractname taxacctnum taxyear taxdistrict usecode usedesc zoningcode numbldgs numunits yearbuilt numfloors bldgsqft bedrooms halfbaths fullbaths imprvalue landvalue totalvalue taxacres calcarea saleamt saledate ownertype ownername owneraddr ownercity ownerstate ownerzip parceladdr parcelcity parcelstate parcelzip legaldesc book block lot firmid firmdate fldzone zonesubty elevmin elevmax elevavg fireplaces heating heatfuel cooling foundation roofcover siding updated centroidx centroidy surfpointx surfpointy geom extras ownerlist lbcsactivity lbcsfunction lbcstype lbcscharacter lbcsownership publish.parcel_layer columns not fed by these sources (26) — empty or below 50% fill in this county parentid, stackid, zoningdesc, agvalue, township, section, qtrsection, range, plssdesc, page, parceltype, accesstype, iucnclass, placename placetype, staticbfe, bldgtype, naicscode, frsid, dfrurl, caapermit, cwapermit, rcrapermit, placefp, zoningurl, sourceurl PARCEL 38 mapped · 37 transformed · 17 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → PARCEL lrsnum altpinnumber account reassessmentdate propertyclass propertyclassdescription yearbuilt stories size bedrooms halfbaths fullbaths improvedvalue landvalue totalvalue acres saleprice1 saledate1 propertyowner propertyowner2 ownermailingaddr ownercity ownerstate ownerzip physicaladdress city description1 description2 description3 blk lot editdate geom magisterialdistrict fireplace heatingtype centralair foundationsqft roofcover exterior map ins dc sublot deedbookandpage landdescription1 landdescription2 landvalue2 landdescription3 landvalue3 landdescription4 landvalue4 landdescription5 landvalue5 water sewer gas electric easement topography characteristic sidewalk structure roofstyle attachedgarage detachedgarage attachedcarport basementgarage enclosedporch openporch wooddeck totalnumberrooms interiorwalls floorfinish1 floorfinish2 attictype atticfinish basement basementfinish lower lowerfinish grantor1 deedreference1 saledate2 saleprice2 grantor2 deedreference2 saledate3 saleprice3 grantor3 deedreference3 creationdate creator editor parcelid NULLIF(TRIM(lrsnum), '')::text parcelid2 NULLIF(TRIM(altpinnumber), '')::text taxacctnum NULLIF(TRIM(account), '')::text taxyear right(NULLIF(TRIM(reassessmentdate), ''), 4)::text usecode NULLIF(TRIM(propertyclass), '')::text usedesc NULLIF(TRIM(propertyclassdescription), '')::text yearbuilt NULLIF(TRIM(yearbuilt), '')::text numfloors NULLIF(TRIM(stories), '')::text bldgsqft NULLIF(TRIM(size), '')::text bedrooms NULLIF(TRIM(bedrooms), '')::text halfbaths NULLIF(TRIM(halfbaths), '')::text fullbaths NULLIF(TRIM(fullbaths), '')::text imprvalue NULLIF(TRIM(improvedvalue), '')::text landvalue NULLIF(TRIM(landvalue), '')::text totalvalue NULLIF(TRIM(totalvalue), '')::text taxacres NULLIF(TRIM(acres), '')::text saleamt NULLIF(saleprice1, 0)::text saledate CASE WHEN saledate1 IS NOT NULL THEN to_timestamp(saledate1 / 1… ownername NULLIF(TRIM(CONCAT_WS('; ', NULLIF(TRIM(propertyowner), ''), NU… owneraddr NULLIF(TRIM(ownermailingaddr), '')::text ownercity NULLIF(TRIM(ownercity), '')::text ownerstate NULLIF(TRIM(ownerstate), '')::text ownerzip NULLIF(TRIM(ownerzip), '')::text parceladdr NULLIF(TRIM(physicaladdress), '')::text parcelcity NULLIF(TRIM(city), '')::text legaldesc NULLIF(TRIM(CONCAT_WS('; ', NULLIF(TRIM(description1), ''), NUL… block NULLIF(TRIM(blk), '')::text lot NULLIF(TRIM(lot), '')::text updated NULLIF(TRIM(editdate), '')::text geom taxdistrict NULLIF(TRIM(magisterialdistrict), '')::text fireplaces CASE WHEN UPPER(LEFT(NULLIF(TRIM(fireplace), ''), 1)) = 'Y' THE… heating NULLIF(TRIM(heatingtype), '')::text cooling NULLIF(TRIM(centralair), '')::text foundation NULLIF(TRIM(foundationsqft), '')::text roofcover NULLIF(TRIM(roofcover), '')::text siding NULLIF(TRIM(exterior), '')::text extras ( json_build_object( 'map', map::text, 'ins', ins::text, 'dc', … not present in source — filled with NULL (17) zoningcode, zoningdesc, numbldgs, numunits, agvalue, parcelstate, parcelzip, township, section, qtrsection, range, plssdesc, book, page sourceurl, parentid, heatfuel ZONING 4 mapped · 1 transformed · 6 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → ZONING geom zoning zoning_type map ins dc blk lot sublot account gpin type condo_name chg_by notes deed_book ppin code batch_id tempins tempwint zoning_editor objectid_1 account_1 map_1 ins_1 dc_1 blk_1 lot_1 sublot_1 map_pin edit_date editor edit_desc parcelnumber propertyowner propertyownername2 physicaladdress city deedbookandpage magisterialdistrict description1 description2 description3 ownermailingaddr ownercity ownerstate ownerzip propertyclass propertyclassdescription lrsnum altpinnumber landdescription1 landdescription2 landdescription3 landdescription4 landdescription5 water sewer gas electric easement topography characteristic sidewalk grantorname1 deedreference1 grantorname2 deedreference2 grantorname3 deedreference3 gpin_1 landvalue improvedvalue totalvalue reassessmentdate landvalue2 landvalue3 landvalue4 landvalue5 saledate1 saledate2 saledate3 saleprice1 saleprice2 saleprice3 legal_acres gis_acres geom zoningcode zoningtype extras ( json_build_object( 'map', map::text, 'ins', ins::text, 'dc', … not present in source — filled with NULL (6) zoningdesc, ordinance, setbacks, restrictions, notes, sourceurl

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Parcel data for counties bordering Nelson County:

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find Nelson County, VA parcel and GIS data?

Land Records publishes a Nelson County, VA parcel dataset in which every parcel carries its boundary polygon (GIS geometry) along with ownership, assessed value, land use, acreage, and sale history. Preview it in the interactive explorer on this page, or download the full Nelson County, VA dataset as a GeoPackage or CSV.

How many parcels are in Nelson County, VA?

The current dataset contains 19,410 parcel records for Nelson County, VA, each with its boundary geometry and assessor attributes.

What is the FIPS code for Nelson County, VA?

The FIPS code for Nelson County, VA is 51125.

What information does each Nelson County, VA parcel record include?

Each Nelson County, VA parcel record includes the parcel ID/APN, owner name and mailing address, situs (property) address, assessed land and improvement values, acreage, land-use and zoning codes, year built, and the most recent sale price and date — plus the parcel boundary polygon. Per-attribute fill rates are listed in the coverage table on this page.

Is Nelson County, VA parcel data free?

You can preview Nelson County, VA parcels for free in the interactive explorer. The complete dataset is available as a one-time download or through the nationwide parcel web service; see the download options on this page for current pricing.

Does Nelson County, VA have an official GIS or property records website?

Yes — the official Nelson County, VA government website is linked in the county details above. Land Records standardizes Nelson County, VA assessor and recorder records into a single nationwide parcel schema with GIS boundary geometry.

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