THE CONEWAGO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
Conewago township has 10.4 square miles of land in Adams 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
Conewago and Adams County
Conewago is associated with Adams 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.
Conewago by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Conewago, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Adams County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Conewago township has 20.4 times the land area of nearby McSherrystown borough (0.51 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

