THE EXTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
Exton CDP has 3.13 square miles of land in Chester 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
Exton and Chester County
Exton is associated with Chester 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.
Exton by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Exton, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Chester County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Exton CDP has 24.4% of the land area of nearby West Whiteland township (12.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

