THE CHATHAM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Passaic Basin Freshwater Wetlands setting.
Chatham township has 9.08 square miles of land in Morris County. Its Census reference point is in Passaic Basin Freshwater Wetlands, 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
Chatham and Morris County
Chatham is associated with Morris 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.
Chatham by land and water
The Census records 0.27 square miles of water within Chatham, or 2.9% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 4.3% recorded for Morris County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chatham township has 3.9 times the land area of nearby Green Village CDP (2.34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

