THE NEW PROVIDENCE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Passaic Basin Freshwater Wetlands setting.
New Providence borough has 3.69 square miles of land in Union 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
New Providence and Union County
New Providence is associated with Union 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.
New Providence by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within New Providence, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 1.9 percentage points lower than the 2.5% recorded for Union County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Providence borough has 59.3% of the land area of nearby Berkeley Heights township (6.22 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.