THE DOUGLASS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Triassic Lowlands setting.
Douglass township has 12.6 square miles of land in Berks County. Its Census reference point is in Triassic 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
Douglass and Berks County
Douglass is associated with Berks 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.
Douglass by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Douglass, or 1% of its total area. That share is close to Berks County’s 1.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Douglass township has 6 times the land area of nearby Halfway House CDP (2.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

