THE NEW VERNON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Lime Drift Plain setting.
New Vernon township has 14.9 square miles of land in Mercer County. Its Census reference point is in Low Lime Drift Plain, within Erie Drift Plain.
Low rounded hills, glacial moraines, kettles and wetland areas define the Erie Drift Plain. Its terrain is more varied than nearby flatter farming regions and less rugged than the unglaciated plateaus.
Regional context: Erie Drift Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
New Vernon and Mercer County
New Vernon is associated with Mercer 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.
New Vernon by land and water
The Census records 1.41 square miles of water within New Vernon, or 8.6% of its total area. It is 7.1 percentage points higher than the 1.5% recorded for Mercer County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Vernon township has 11.7 times the land area of nearby New Lebanon borough (1.27 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.