THE PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Triassic Lowlands setting.
Parsippany-Troy Hills township has 23.6 square miles of land in Morris County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Triassic Lowlands, 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
Parsippany-Troy Hills and Morris County
Parsippany-Troy Hills is associated with Morris 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.
Parsippany-Troy Hills by land and water
The Census records 1.73 square miles of water within Parsippany-Troy Hills, or 6.8% of its total area. It is 2.6 percentage points higher than the 4.3% recorded for Morris County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Parsippany-Troy Hills township has 3.9 times the land area of nearby Parsippany CDP (6.09 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

