THE SHREWSBURY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain setting.
Shrewsbury town has 20.7 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
Shrewsbury and Worcester County
Shrewsbury 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.
Shrewsbury by land and water
The Census records 1.01 square miles of water within Shrewsbury, or 4.7% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher 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, Shrewsbury town has 6.3 times the land area of nearby Northborough CDP (3.29 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

