THE AVONDALE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Avondale borough has 0.48 square miles of land in Chester County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont 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
Avondale and Chester County
Avondale is associated with Chester 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.
Avondale by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Avondale, or 2.4% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points higher than the 1.1% recorded for Chester County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Avondale borough has 23.5% of the land area of nearby Toughkenamon CDP (2.06 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.