THE YORKLYN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
Yorklyn CDP has 0.45 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
Yorklyn and York County
Yorklyn 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.
Yorklyn by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Yorklyn, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.7 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, Yorklyn CDP has 23.6% of the land area of nearby Stonybrook CDP (1.91 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

