THE KIRKWOOD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Kirkwood CDP has 2.22 square miles of land in Lancaster County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Uplands, 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
Kirkwood and Lancaster County
Kirkwood is associated with Lancaster 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.
Kirkwood by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Kirkwood, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 3.9 percentage points lower than the 4.1% recorded for Lancaster County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kirkwood CDP has 7.8% of the land area of nearby Colerain township (28.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

