THE HOPEWELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Trap Rock and Conglomerate Uplands setting.
Hopewell township has 58.1 square miles of land in Mercer County. Its Census reference point is in Trap Rock and Conglomerate Uplands, 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
Hopewell and Mercer County
Hopewell is associated with Mercer 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.
Hopewell by land and water
The Census records 0.87 square miles of water within Hopewell, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 1.9% recorded for Mercer County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hopewell township has 60.4 times the land area of nearby Pennington borough (0.96 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

