THE MAURICE RIVER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delaware River Terraces and Uplands setting.
Maurice River township has 93.2 square miles of land in Cumberland 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
Maurice River and Cumberland County
Maurice River is associated with Cumberland 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.
Maurice River by land and water
The Census records 2.73 square miles of water within Maurice River, or 2.8% of its total area. It is 25.8 percentage points lower than the 28.7% recorded for Cumberland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Maurice River township has 62.3 times the land area of nearby Port Elizabeth CDP (1.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.