THE BARLOW LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Permian Hills setting.
Barlow township has 31.6 square miles of land in Washington County. Its Census reference point is in Permian Hills, 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
Barlow and Washington County
Barlow is associated with Washington 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.
Barlow by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within Barlow, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points lower than the 1.2% recorded for Washington County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Barlow township has 82.6 times the land area of nearby Vincent CDP (0.38 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

