THE GLEN RIDGE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Triassic Lowlands setting.
Glen Ridge borough has 1.28 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
Glen Ridge and Essex County
Glen Ridge 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.
Glen Ridge by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Glen Ridge, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 2.2 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, Glen Ridge borough has 23.9% of the land area of nearby Bloomfield township (5.34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.