THE BOLTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain setting.
Bolton town has 19.9 square miles of land in Worcester County. Its Census reference point is in Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
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 ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Bolton and Worcester County
Bolton is associated with Worcester 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.
Bolton by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Bolton, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 3.7 percentage points lower than the 4.3% recorded for Worcester County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bolton town has 3.5 times the land area of nearby Hudson CDP (5.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

