THE WAYLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Wayland town has 38.7 square miles of land in Steuben 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
Wayland and Steuben County
Wayland is associated with Steuben 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.
Wayland by land and water
The Census records 0.59 square miles of water within Wayland, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points higher than the 1% recorded for Steuben County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wayland town has 34.3 times the land area of nearby Wayland village (1.13 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

