THE TOKENEKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Long Island Sound Coastal Lowland setting.
Tokeneke CDP has 2.34 square miles of land in Western Connecticut Planning Region. Its Census boundary intersects Long Island Sound Coastal Lowland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification from the Census boundary intersection
The Census reference point falls outside the regional layer’s mapped footprint. This classification uses the actual place-boundary intersection, with Long Island Sound Coastal Lowland representing its largest mapped overlap. Shorelines and dataset boundaries can differ.
Tokeneke and Western Connecticut Planning Region
Tokeneke is associated with Western Connecticut Planning Region in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Tokeneke by land and water
The Census records 1.64 square miles of water within Tokeneke, or 41.2% of its total area. It is 23.3 percentage points higher than the 17.9% recorded for Western Connecticut Planning Region. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tokeneke CDP has 18.5% of the land area of nearby Darien town (12.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

