THE WEST MANHEIM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
West Manheim township has 19.4 square miles of land in York 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
West Manheim and York County
West Manheim 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 Manheim by land and water
The Census records 0.66 square miles of water within West Manheim, or 3.3% of its total area. It is 2.6 percentage points higher 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 Manheim township has 6.7 times the land area of nearby Parkville CDP (2.91 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

