THE BELLEVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Triassic Lowlands setting.
Belleville township has 3.3 square miles of land in Essex County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Triassic Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Belleville and Essex County
Belleville is associated with Essex 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.
Belleville by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Belleville, or 2.1% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 2.6% recorded for Essex County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Belleville township has 10.1 times the land area of nearby Silver Lake CDP (0.33 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

