THE UPPER MAKEFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Triassic Lowlands setting.
Upper Makefield township has 21.3 square miles of land in Bucks County. Its Census reference point is in Triassic 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
Upper Makefield and Bucks County
Upper Makefield is associated with Bucks 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.
Upper Makefield by land and water
The Census records 0.55 square miles of water within Upper Makefield, or 2.5% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 2.8% recorded for Bucks County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Upper Makefield township has 11.4 times the land area of nearby Newtown Grant CDP (1.86 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.