THE ALEXANDER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Monongahela Transition Zone setting.
Alexander township has 37.1 square miles of land in Athens County. Its Census reference point is in Monongahela Transition Zone, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Alexander and Athens County
Alexander is associated with Athens 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.
Alexander by land and water
The Census records 0.31 square miles of water within Alexander, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 0.9% recorded for Athens County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Alexander township has 27.4 times the land area of nearby Albany village (1.35 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

