THE BALA CYNWYD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Bala Cynwyd CDP has 2.29 square miles of land in Montgomery 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
Bala Cynwyd and Montgomery County
Bala Cynwyd is associated with Montgomery 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.
Bala Cynwyd by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Bala Cynwyd, or 1.8% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points higher than the 0.9% recorded for Montgomery County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bala Cynwyd CDP has 1.7 times the land area of nearby Merion Station CDP (1.33 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

