THE AUBURN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain setting.
Auburn town has 25.4 square miles of land in Rockingham 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
Auburn and Rockingham County
Auburn is associated with Rockingham 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.
Auburn by land and water
The Census records 3.46 square miles of water within Auburn, or 12% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 12.5% recorded for Rockingham County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Auburn town has 3.8 times the land area of nearby South Hooksett CDP (6.72 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

