THE NEWARK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Hackensack Meadowlands setting.
Newark city has 24.1 square miles of land in Essex County. Its Census reference point is in Hackensack Meadowlands, 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
Newark and Essex County
Newark 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.
Newark by land and water
The Census records 1.74 square miles of water within Newark, or 6.7% of its total area. It is 4.1 percentage points higher 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, Newark city has 19.9 times the land area of nearby Harrison town (1.21 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

