THE NEW BOSTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Upper Mississippi Alluvial Plain setting.
New Boston city has 0.94 square miles of land in Mercer County. Its Census reference point is in Upper Mississippi Alluvial Plain, within Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Broad terraced river valleys contrast with wooded slopes and dissected glacial plains. Bottomland settings and upland oak landscapes occur close together across the Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Regional context: Interior River Valleys and Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
New Boston and Mercer County
New Boston is associated with Mercer 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.
New Boston by land and water
The Census records 0.46 square miles of water within New Boston, or 33% of its total area. It is 31.7 percentage points higher than the 1.3% recorded for Mercer County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Boston city has 1.9% of the land area of nearby New Boston township (50.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.