THE JAFFREY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Worcester/Monadnock Plateau setting.
Jaffrey CDP has 3.4 square miles of land in Cheshire 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
Jaffrey and Cheshire County
Jaffrey is associated with Cheshire 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.
Jaffrey by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within Jaffrey, or 3.4% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 3% recorded for Cheshire County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jaffrey CDP has 8.9% of the land area of nearby Jaffrey town (38.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

