THE CAMBRIDGE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delmarva Uplands setting.
Cambridge city has 10.6 square miles of land in Dorchester 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
Cambridge and Dorchester County
Cambridge is associated with Dorchester 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.
Cambridge by land and water
The Census records 2.3 square miles of water within Cambridge, or 17.8% of its total area. It is 27.2 percentage points lower than the 45% recorded for Dorchester County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cambridge city has 14.2 times the land area of nearby Algonquin CDP (0.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

