THE BOLIVAR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Bolivar town has 35.9 square miles of land in Allegany County. Its Census reference point is in Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Bolivar and Allegany County
Bolivar is associated with Allegany 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.
Bolivar by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Bolivar, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for Allegany County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bolivar town has 45 times the land area of nearby Bolivar village (0.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

