THE WEST ORANGE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Trap Rock and Conglomerate Uplands setting.
West Orange township has 12 square miles of land in Essex 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
West Orange and Essex County
West Orange 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.
West Orange by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within West Orange, or 1% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points lower 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, West Orange township has 16.8 times the land area of nearby Llewellyn Park CDP (0.71 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

