THE BREWSTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills setting.
Brewster village has 0.49 square miles of land in Putnam County. Its Census reference point is in Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Brewster and Putnam County
Brewster is associated with Putnam 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.
Brewster by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Brewster, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 5.7 percentage points lower than the 6.5% recorded for Putnam County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Brewster village has 93.2% of the land area of nearby Brewster Heights CDP (0.53 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

