THE FREDERICK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
Frederick city has 24.6 square miles of land in Frederick County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite 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
Frederick and Frederick County
Frederick 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.
Frederick by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Frederick, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Frederick County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Frederick city has 5.2 times the land area of nearby Walkersville town (4.76 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

