THE MILLSBORO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delmarva Uplands setting.
Millsboro town has 5.13 square miles of land in Sussex County. Its Census reference point is in Delmarva Uplands, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Millsboro and Sussex County
Millsboro is associated with Sussex County 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.
Millsboro by land and water
The Census records 0.24 square miles of water within Millsboro, or 4.4% of its total area. It is 17.4 percentage points lower than the 21.8% recorded for Sussex County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Millsboro town has 3.6 times the land area of nearby Dagsboro town (1.44 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

