THE PARKESBURG LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
Parkesburg borough has 1.27 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
Parkesburg and Chester County
Parkesburg 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.
Parkesburg by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Parkesburg, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.7 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, Parkesburg borough has 20.6% of the land area of nearby Sadsbury township (6.17 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

