THE TEMPLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Worcester/Monadnock Plateau setting.
Temple town has 22.3 square miles of land in Hillsborough 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
Temple and Hillsborough County
Temple 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.
Temple by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Temple, or 1% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points lower 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, Temple town has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Sharon town (15.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

