Public ArcGIS MapServer endpoint for Gaston County parcel data. URL, supported fields, and a working sample query, copy it, or open it directly in the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool.
This page is the endpoint reference. If you came here to find a specific property, the Gaston County parcel search runs this same layer in your browser, no account and no API key.
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https://gis.gastoncountync.gov/publicgis/rest/services/PublicGIS/Parcels/MapServer/11Field by field, whether any endpoint we index for Gaston County answers it, and the evidence for each. We only call a field restricted when there is a stated reason we can cite. Everything else here is a fact about the services we index, not a claim about the law.
| Field | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| APN | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Owner name | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Owner mailing address | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Site address | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Geometry | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Land use | Not published | No endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it. |
| Zoning | Not published | No endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it. |
PINParcel Identification Number (PIN)CURR_NAME1Owner Name (current)WHOLE_ADDRESSSitus AddressCURR_ADDR1Owner Mailing Address (current)CURR_CITYOwner Mailing City (current)LEGDESC_1Legal Descriptioncurl -s 'https://gis.gastoncountync.gov/publicgis/rest/services/PublicGIS/Parcels/MapServer/11/query?where=UPPER(CURR_NAME1)+LIKE+UPPER('%25SMITH%25')&outFields=PIN,CURR_NAME1,WHOLE_ADDRESS,CURR_ADDR1,CURR_CITY&returnGeometry=false&resultRecordCount=10&f=json'https://gis.gastoncountync.gov/publicgis/rest/services/PublicGIS/Parcels/MapServer/11/query?where=UPPER(CURR_NAME1)+LIKE+UPPER('%SMITH%')&outFields=PIN,CURR_NAME1,WHOLE_ADDRESS,CURR_ADDR1,CURR_CITY&returnGeometry=false&resultRecordCount=10&f=jsonOpen this URL in a browser tab to see the raw ArcGIS JSON response.
| Field name | Label | Searchable |
|---|---|---|
| PIN | Parcel Identification Number (PIN) | YES |
| CURR_NAME1 | Owner Name (current) | YES |
| CURR_NAME2 | Owner Name 2 (current) | NO |
| WHOLE_ADDRESS | Situs Address | YES |
| POSTAL | Situs Postal City | NO |
| ZIP | Situs ZIP | NO |
| CURR_ADDR1 | Owner Mailing Address (current) | YES |
| CURR_ADDR2 | Owner Mailing Address line 2 (current) | NO |
| CURR_CITY | Owner Mailing City (current) | YES |
| CURR_STATE | Owner Mailing State (current) | NO |
| CURR_ZIPCODE | Owner Mailing ZIP (current) | NO |
| PID | CAMA Account Number (PID) | NO |
| LEGDESC_1 | Legal Description | YES |
| DEEDAC | Deeded Acres | NO |
| FMV_TOTAL | Total Fair Market Value | NO |
| SALEDATE | Last Sale Date | NO |
Gaston County, North Carolina (Gastonia; FIPS 37071). The county publishes its parcels with CAMA (appraisal) attributes on its own ArcGIS Server as PublicGIS/Parcels MapServer layer 11 ('Parcels'; the service has only this layer, and its id is 11, not 0): 118,132 parcels on 2026-10-10, 118,090 of them with a current owner. THREE OWNER VINTAGES ARE PUBLISHED SIDE BY SIDE: CURR_NAME1/CURR_NAME2 with CURR_ADDR1, CURR_ADDR2, CURR_CITY, CURR_STATE and CURR_ZIPCODE are the CURRENT owner and mailing address; JAN1_NAME1/JAN1_NAME2 are the owner of record on January 1 (the tax-listing date); PRVYRNAME1/PRVYRNAME2 are the prior year's owner. This record uses only the CURR_ columns. The JAN1_ and PRVYR_ columns are deliberately not listed, because the field classifier takes the first owner-like column it sees, and on 2026-10-10 CURR_NAME1 differed from JAN1_NAME1 on 28,965 rows (about 25%, which includes formatting differences as well as sales). The situs is WHOLE_ADDRESS (also PHYSSTRADD), with POSTAL (postal city), STATE and ZIP (a number); WHOLE_ADDRESS is blank on 16,130 rows (about 14%). CURR_ZIPCODE is five or nine digits with no hyphen. The parcel id is PIN, the NC map PIN (dddd-dd-dddd), with the CAMA account number in PID and AKPAR. The layer also carries the last sale date and amount, fair market values, deed book and page, plat book and page, legal description, building characteristics and a flood-area figure. Currency: last_edited_date and SALEDATE both peak at 2026-10-08, and parcel_year is 2027 on every row. CORS: no Access-Control-Allow-Origin header is sent, with or without an Origin header and on the preflight, so a browser on another site cannot read it and corsEnabled is false; query it from a server, the metered API or the MCP. maxRecordCount is 10,000 with pagination. The service description says only that it displays parcel boundaries with the DevNet CAMA table; no license or terms text is published on the service. A separate City of Gastonia parcel service (cogserver.gastonianc.gov) is city-run and is not used. Verified 2026-10-10: a count, resultRecordCount=1, an owner LIKE query on CURR_NAME1 (1,192 rows for %SMITH%), a situs LIKE query on MAIN ST (922 rows) and a point query at the county's internal point (one parcel, with an owner).
Gaston County Tax Office, Tax GIS Mapping Division (704-810-5827), https://gis.gastoncountync.gov/publicgis/rest/services/PublicGIS/Parcels/MapServer
Gaston County's Parcels layer exposes a parcel identifier (Parcel Identification Number (PIN)), owner names (Owner Name (current), Owner Mailing Address (current), Owner Mailing City (current)), and address fields (Situs Address). Use it for owner-name lookups and address-based parcel searches. 6 of 16 listed fields accept queries; the rest are returned on read but not indexed for search. Served as an ArcGIS MapServer layer, which supports query operations but not write operations; last verified 2026-10-10.
/query?where=…&outFields=*&f=jsonto the URL. The sample query above is a working example you can paste into a browser tab to see the raw JSON response.Counties publish parcel data through their own ArcGIS Server installations, each with its own schema. One county uses APN, another uses PIN, a third uses PARCEL_ID. Some expose owner names; others keep them on a separate assessor's portal. The searchable fields list above reflects what Gaston County actually publishes, not what you might expect from a national standard (there isn't one).
For background, see What is an APN?
gis.gastoncountync.gov serves Gaston County, North Carolina parcels over public ArcGIS REST, but, like most county servers, it may not send the CORS headers a browser needs for a cross-origin fetch. If a direct browser call fails, the layer still works from curl, Postman, or a server-side script; the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool proxies the request, so a search that succeeds there confirms the layer is genuinely public.
We last verified Gaston County's MapServer layer on 2026-10-10. County GIS teams move services without notice, so if you hit a fresh 404, tell us and we'll re-check. Atlas entries are re-verified on a rolling basis.
Gaston County's layer is hosted by the county on gis.gastoncountync.gov. Public ArcGIS endpoints rarely rate-limit individual reads, but gis.gastoncountync.gov can throttle heavy automated traffic at the host level. Page through results with resultOffset / resultRecordCount and request only the fields you need. There's no API key and no charge from the county.