Dauphin County at a glance
Dauphin County is one of 67 county-level areas in Pennsylvania. Its 524.9 square miles of land place it at position 44 among those areas by land size. Including 33.2 square miles of water, its mapped total area is approximately 558.1 square miles.
| Full Census name | Dauphin County |
|---|---|
| State | Pennsylvania |
| FIPS / GEOID | 42043 |
| Boundary vintage | 2025 |
| Outline source scale | 1:500,000 |
Counties along the boundary
These county-level areas share a line segment with Dauphin County in the Census cartographic boundary dataset. Select one to continue exploring.
- Cumberland CountyPennsylvania
- Lancaster CountyPennsylvania
- Lebanon CountyPennsylvania
- Northumberland CountyPennsylvania
- Perry CountyPennsylvania
- Schuylkill CountyPennsylvania
- York CountyPennsylvania
Using this map
Choose a blank outline for coloring or a labelled download for reference. SVG preserves editable boundary artwork, PNG works in slides, and PDF provides a ready-to-print landscape page. Use the full state map to compare surrounding counties.
Roads, topography, and aerial imagery are available in the interactive background viewer. Those backgrounds have their own dates and sources; the red boundary overlay follows the 2025 Census geography.
Sources and precision
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. The county outline uses the 1:500,000 file; location maps and interactive overlays use 1:5,000,000. Areas come from ALAND and AWATER, converted to square miles and rounded to one decimal place. Neighbor links are calculated from shared boundary segments, not from point-only contacts. Generalized maps are for geographic reference, not parcel or legal boundary determination. Full methodology.