THE CHERITON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delmarva Uplands setting.
Cheriton town has 1.09 square miles of land in Northampton County. Its Census reference point is in Delmarva Uplands, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cheriton and Northampton County
Cheriton is associated with Northampton 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.
Cheriton by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Cheriton, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 72.8 percentage points lower than the 73.4% recorded for Northampton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cheriton town has 30.6% of the land area of nearby Cape Charles town (3.55 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

