THE HANOVER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
Hanover borough has 3.7 square miles of land in York 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
Hanover and York County
Hanover is associated with York 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.
Hanover by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Hanover, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 0.7% recorded for York County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hanover borough has 11.1 times the land area of nearby Midway CDP (0.33 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

