The Counties plan in assigning addresses makes
it relatively easy to locate a residence by knowing the house number and
street name. All roads that run predominantly N/S are
identified as County
Roads and numbered by intervals
of 10 from the Lawrence County Line. All roads that run predominantly E/W are
named roads using the alphabetical row designation that applies
dependant on how far North of the
Newton County Line the road is.
All roads that Dead End will be designated as Lanes and named or numbered according to their
predominant direction . Addresses on the N&W sides
will end in an odd number.
Addresses on the S&E sides will end in an even number.
Address assignment is calculated
based on the geographic location of the driveway access. This process involves a field
technician driving to the building
site and taking a GPS reading of the driveway location. The GPS data is then loaded into
our GIS system and a measurement is
done from a known location (a major intersection). The measurement from the known
location to the GPS point is then divided by 5.28 as there are 5280 feet in a mile
and then added or subtracted from the intersections address.
In the example below a new
house is 3,815 ft West of
County Road 170 and on the South side of Apple Rd. Divide 3,815 by 5.28 = 722. Add 722 to 17000 to give you the new address of 17722 Apple
Road. 
We
ask that you post your house numbers on the mailbox. If there is more than one
mailbox at the entrance to your drive place the numbers
on each house as well. This
will make it easier for responders to locate you in the event of an emergency.
