THE PLAINVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Narragansett/Bristol Lowland setting.
Plainville town has 11 square miles of land in Norfolk County. Its Census reference point is in Narragansett/Bristol 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 at the Census reference point
Plainville and Norfolk County
Plainville is associated with Norfolk 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.
Plainville by land and water
The Census records 0.52 square miles of water within Plainville, or 4.5% of its total area. It is 6.3 percentage points lower than the 10.9% recorded for Norfolk County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Plainville town has 58.3% of the land area of nearby North Attleborough Town city (18.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

