THE SWAN QUARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes setting.
Swan Quarter CDP has 3.95 square miles of land in Hyde County. Its Census reference point is in Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes, 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
Swan Quarter and Hyde County
Swan Quarter is associated with Hyde 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.
Swan Quarter by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Swan Quarter, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 57.9 percentage points lower than the 58% recorded for Hyde County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Swan Quarter CDP has 56.1% of the land area of nearby Fairfield CDP (7.04 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

