THE BOSCAWEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Worcester/Monadnock Plateau setting.
Boscawen town has 24.9 square miles of land in Merrimack County. Its Census reference point is in Worcester/Monadnock Plateau, within Northeastern Highlands.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Boscawen and Merrimack County
Boscawen is associated with Merrimack 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.
Boscawen by land and water
The Census records 0.64 square miles of water within Boscawen, or 2.5% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 2.3% recorded for Merrimack County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Boscawen town has 88.2% of the land area of nearby Webster town (28.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

