THE CAERNARVON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
Caernarvon township has 23 square miles of land in Lancaster County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands, 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
Caernarvon and Lancaster County
Caernarvon is associated with Lancaster 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.
Caernarvon by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within Caernarvon, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 3.5 percentage points lower than the 4.1% recorded for Lancaster County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Caernarvon township has 19.2 times the land area of nearby Goodville CDP (1.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

