THE EMMITSBURG LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Triassic Lowlands setting.
Emmitsburg town has 1.62 square miles of land in Frederick County. Its Census reference point is in Triassic Lowlands, 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
Emmitsburg and Frederick County
Emmitsburg is associated with Frederick 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.
Emmitsburg by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Emmitsburg, or 1.2% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 1% recorded for Frederick County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Emmitsburg town has 3.4 times the land area of nearby Graceham CDP (0.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

