THE PLYMOUTH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods setting.
Plymouth town has 4.03 square miles of land in Washington County. Its Census reference point is in Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Plymouth and Washington County
Plymouth is associated with Washington 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.
Plymouth by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Plymouth, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 17.7 percentage points lower than the 17.9% recorded for Washington County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Plymouth town has 4.7 times the land area of nearby Roper town (0.86 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

