THE SILVER SPRING LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Shale Valleys setting.
Silver Spring township has 32.3 square miles of land in Cumberland County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Shale Valleys, within Ridge and Valley.
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Silver Spring and Cumberland County
Silver Spring is associated with Cumberland 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.
Silver Spring by land and water
The Census records 0.51 square miles of water within Silver Spring, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points higher than the 0.9% recorded for Cumberland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Silver Spring township has 20.3 times the land area of nearby New Kingstown CDP (1.59 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.