THE MANCHESTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Outer Piedmont setting.
Manchester CDP has 5.93 square miles of land in Chesterfield County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Outer Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Manchester and Chesterfield County
Manchester is associated with Chesterfield 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.
Manchester by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Manchester, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 2.3 percentage points lower than the 3.1% recorded for Chesterfield County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Manchester CDP has 70.8% of the land area of nearby Bon Air CDP (8.37 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

