911 Addressing

For 911 Addressing questions please call 570-374-5290, or e-mail gis@snydercounty.org

How the 911 Addressing system works..

Each road in the county is setup with an address range. If a road started at 1 and ended at 100, and your address was 50, we can tell it’s 1/2 way down the road. This is basically how the county dispatch system and GPS navigation systems work. It’s designed to place first responders at your driveway entrance without having them stop and go at each mailbox as they try to read the house number. This saves time in an emergency.

As a result your address is calculated to work with this system, so we need to know where your driveway meets the road. Basic information like your parcel number or the nearest neighbors address. What is your current mailing address, so we can mail the notification letter to you? If you have measurement of where the driveway is in relationship to your lot’s corners or a scanned drawing it helps us.

If a driveway is shared with 2 or more addressable structures, it becomes a private road, and we have to address the homes off this road. We also have to determine if the roadname is in use and would cause a conflict. If this is going to happen please submit a few potential names for the road and check with the neighbors along the road for their input.

Once you get your new address from us, please post it. It will help with delivery’s and the builders are the first people that may need to call 911.

If you fail to post your address, leave an old number posted, or post a wrong number there is a possability they may have trouble finding you when you really need help.