THE WEST MANCHESTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
West Manchester township has 19.9 square miles of land in York 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
West Manchester and York County
West Manchester is associated with York 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.
West Manchester by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within West Manchester, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.7% recorded for York County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, West Manchester township has 38 times the land area of nearby West York borough (0.53 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

