THE PELHAM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain setting.
Pelham town has 26.3 square miles of land in Hillsborough 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
Pelham and Hillsborough County
Pelham is associated with Hillsborough 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.
Pelham by land and water
The Census records 0.54 square miles of water within Pelham, or 2% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 1.8% recorded for Hillsborough County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pelham town has 93.2% of the land area of nearby Hudson town (28.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

