does anyone know how to find out when a property was annexed? (Austin: neighborhoods, subdivisions)

[Austin97]

is there an online search or do you go to the courthouse or what?

[atxcio]

Curious as to why you want to know, but the easiest way I've found is to go to traviscad.org and look up the historical tax records. Search for when City of Austin appears on the list of tax entities for that property. That works for recent annexations.

For long-time-ago ones you could probably still get the info from the county tax appraiser or county tax collector, but might have to go in person.

[zakas80]

There is a PDF titled "Annexations by Decade Map - City of Austin" if you Google the words City of Austin Annexation Maps into Google search

I tried to upload the pdf to this reply but was unsuccessful, hope this helps

[zakas80]

Additionally here is maps of boundary changes by each year since 2000 via COA Planning & Zoning website

https://austintexas.gov/department/c...ed-annexations

[Austin97]

yeah the by decade wasnt specific enough in the by decade pdf

I found what I was looking for here:


http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/edims/advance_search.cfm

Then I used some keywords (like annexation) and bounded the time periods.

It is definitely like looking at history. You can see things like name changes to well known streets, when particular neighborhoods got annexed etc.

they have converted the text so the text is somewhat cut and pasteable and searchable

[zakas80]

Oh I didn't see that one..thanks for sharing!

[Meaux]

So do these maps answer the question about whether some of the farther north subdivisions are "actually" Austin or not? I see that argument a lot on the forum here related to specifically the Avery Ranch area ... That tax paying and mailing address do not mean a property is actually in the city.

Looks to me that most of Avery was solidly annexed into Austin a decade or more ago, depending on the actual property.

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by Meaux

So do these maps answer the question about whether some of the farther north subdivisions are "actually" Austin or not? I see that argument a lot on the forum here related to specifically the Avery Ranch area ... That tax paying and mailing address do not mean a property is actually in the city.

Looks to me that most of Avery was solidly annexed into Austin a decade or more ago, depending on the actual property.

If the question is just what it's in _now_, as mentioned TCAD always works.

You can also see on the Austin jurisdictions map.

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5


You can see what's full purpose, what's limited purpose, what's etj, etc.

Edit: Actually, you can search for an address and it will show the annexation history as well.

[Austin97]

that viewer is awesome, even with the ordinance I wasnt 100% sure. The viewer makes it possible to see exactly when the annexation happened. thanks!!

[Meaux]

That is pretty cool, thanks