THE EARL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Reading Prong setting.
Earl township has 13.7 square miles of land in Berks County. Its Census reference point is in Reading Prong, within Northeastern Highlands.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Earl and Berks County
Earl 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.
Earl by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Earl, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Berks County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Earl township has 1.6 times the land area of nearby Colebrookdale township (8.43 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

