THE MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland setting.
Manchester-by-the-Sea town has 9.23 square miles of land in Essex County. Its Census boundary intersects Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland, 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 from the Census boundary intersection
The Census reference point falls outside the regional layer’s mapped footprint. This classification uses the actual place-boundary intersection, with Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland representing its largest mapped overlap. Shorelines and dataset boundaries can differ.
Manchester-by-the-Sea and Essex County
Manchester-by-the-Sea is associated with Essex 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.
Manchester-by-the-Sea by land and water
The Census records 9.03 square miles of water within Manchester-by-the-Sea, or 49.5% of its total area. It is 8.9 percentage points higher than the 40.6% recorded for Essex County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Manchester-by-the-Sea town has 61.2% of the land area of nearby Beverly city (15.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.