THE WAYNE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Trap Rock and Conglomerate Uplands setting.
Wayne township has 23.7 square miles of land in Passaic County. Its Census reference point is in Trap Rock and Conglomerate Uplands, 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
Wayne and Passaic County
Wayne is associated with Passaic 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.
Wayne by land and water
The Census records 1.42 square miles of water within Wayne, or 5.6% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 6.2% recorded for Passaic County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wayne township has 12.8 times the land area of nearby Packanack Lake CDP (1.86 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

