THE LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delaware River Terraces and Uplands setting.
Lower Alloways Creek township has 45.3 square miles of land in Salem 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
Lower Alloways Creek and Salem County
Lower Alloways Creek is associated with Salem 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.
Lower Alloways Creek by land and water
The Census records 27.2 square miles of water within Lower Alloways Creek, or 37.5% of its total area. It is 26.6 percentage points higher than the 10.9% recorded for Salem County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lower Alloways Creek township has 198.7 times the land area of nearby Hancocks Bridge CDP (0.23 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.