THE YORK COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland setting.
York County has 991.2 square miles of land in Maine. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across York County: Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland, Sebago-Ossipee Hills and Plains, Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
York County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland45.7%
- Sebago-Ossipee Hills and Plains27.5%
- Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain26.7%
Northeastern Highlands in York County
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within York County
The atlas lists 45 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with York County, including Parsonsfield, Wells, Waterboro. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
York County by land and water
The Census records 278.5 square miles of water within York County, or 21.9% of its total area. That share is close to York County’s 21.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, York County has 284.9 times the land area of nearby West Kennebunk CDP (3.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cumberland County, Oxford County within Maine. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.