THE BELLEPLAIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delaware River Terraces and Uplands setting.
Belleplain CDP has 7.34 square miles of land in Cape May County. Its Census reference point is in Delaware River Terraces and Uplands, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Belleplain and Cape May County
Belleplain is associated with Cape May 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.
Belleplain by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Belleplain, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 59.3 percentage points lower than the 59.5% recorded for Cape May County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Belleplain CDP has 7.9% of the land area of nearby Maurice River township (93.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.