THE SELBYVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delmarva Uplands setting.
Selbyville town has 4.06 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
Selbyville and Sussex County
Selbyville 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.
Selbyville by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Selbyville, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 21.6 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, Selbyville town has 3.5 times the land area of nearby Frankford town (1.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

