THE PIKE CREEK VALLEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Pike Creek Valley CDP has 2.87 square miles of land in New Castle County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Uplands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Pike Creek Valley and New Castle County
Pike Creek Valley is associated with New Castle 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.
Pike Creek Valley by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Pike Creek Valley, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 13.6 percentage points lower than the 13.7% recorded for New Castle County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pike Creek Valley CDP has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Pike Creek CDP (2.69 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

