THE PAUPACK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delaware-Neversink Highlands setting.
Paupack township has 28 square miles of land in Wayne County. Its Census reference point is in Delaware-Neversink Highlands, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Paupack and Wayne County
Paupack is associated with Wayne 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.
Paupack by land and water
The Census records 5.14 square miles of water within Paupack, or 15.5% of its total area. It is 12.2 percentage points higher than the 3.3% recorded for Wayne County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Paupack township has 16.2 times the land area of nearby Wallenpaupack Lake Estates CDP (1.73 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

