THE PENNINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Triassic Lowlands setting.
Pennington borough has 0.96 square miles of land in Mercer County. Its Census reference point is in 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
Pennington and Mercer County
Pennington is associated with Mercer 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.
Pennington by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Pennington, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points lower than the 1.9% recorded for Mercer County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pennington borough has 1.7% of the land area of nearby Hopewell township (58.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

