THE ADAMSTOWN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Trap Rock and Conglomerate Uplands setting.
Adamstown borough has 1.38 square miles of land in Berks County, Lancaster 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Adamstown intersects 2 county geographies: Berks County, Lancaster County. A Adamstown mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Adamstown by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Adamstown, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 2.3 percentage points lower than the 2.8% recorded for Pennsylvania. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Adamstown borough has 94.4% of the land area of nearby Swartzville CDP (1.46 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.