County Surveyor Responsibilities
 
The duties of the County Surveyor are described in Indiana Code 36-2-12.  Some of these duties include:

• Perpetuates and maintains Section Corners, Militia Donation Corners, Location Corners, Survey Corners as well as Luke Decker Claim corners as originally established within the county
• Serves as an ex officio member of the County Drainage Board
• Manages the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of all county-regulated drains for the county drainage board
• Maintains legal survey record books and other survey plats and data

In addition to the statutory obligations described above, the Gibson County Surveyor's Office is involved in the following areas of county service:

• Development of Gibson County's GIS
• Assisting other County Offices (ie Commissioners, Highway Department, Assessor, Auditor, etc.)

Michael Stevenson is a licensed land surveyor in the State of Indiana.  He is the South District Vice-Chairman of the County Surveyor's Association, Chairman of the GIS Policy Committee, and is a past President of the Southwest Chapter of the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors. 

Gibson County Surveyors

2005 - Present	Michael W. Stevenson
1961 - 2004	Harry G. Morrison
1949 - 1960	Hollis G. Bass
1945 - 1948	Thomas H. Blythe
1943 - 1944	Mark H. Dedman
1937 - 1942	Harry C. Morrison
1935 - 1936	Kenneth S. Hollis
1909 - 1934	Harry C. Morrison
1903 - 1908	Henry H. Niekamp
1899 - 1902	Garrard M. Emmerson
1897 - 1898	Edwyn E. Watts
1887 - 1896	Garrard M. Emmerson
1873 - 1887	Alexander H. Polk
1871 - 1873	Daniel S. W. Miller
1868 - 1870	Charles A. Slayback
1865 - 1867	Alexander H. Polk
1865	William T. Stillwell
1865	Alfred Poland
1863 - 1864	Alexander H. Polk
1859 - 1862	William T. Stillwell
1851 - 1858	Alexander H. Polk
1845 - 1850	James Smith

David Robb, Robert M. Evans, and Purnel Fisher were County Surveyor prior to James Smith, but it is unknown as to the exact years in which they served.