THE BARKER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Barker town has 41.4 square miles of land in Broome County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Barker and Broome County
Barker is associated with Broome 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.
Barker by land and water
The Census records 0.37 square miles of water within Barker, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for Broome County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Barker town has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Chenango town (33.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

