THE FAYETTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Monongahela Transition Zone setting.
Fayette township has 27.4 square miles of land in Lawrence 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
Fayette and Lawrence County
Fayette is associated with Lawrence 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.
Fayette by land and water
The Census records 0.31 square miles of water within Fayette, or 1.1% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 0.8% recorded for Lawrence County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fayette township has 19.7 times the land area of nearby Burlington CDP (1.39 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

