THE PROSPECT PARK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Prospect Park borough has 0.73 square miles of land in Delaware 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
Prospect Park and Delaware County
Prospect Park is associated with Delaware 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.
Prospect Park by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Prospect Park, or 1.7% of its total area. It is 1.8 percentage points lower than the 3.6% recorded for Delaware County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Prospect Park borough has 94.1% of the land area of nearby Norwood borough (0.78 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

