THE HOCKING LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Knobs-Lower Scioto Dissected Plateau setting.
Hocking township has 32.8 square miles of land in Fairfield County. Its Census reference point is in Knobs-Lower Scioto Dissected Plateau, 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
Hocking and Fairfield County
Hocking is associated with Fairfield 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.
Hocking by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Hocking, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Fairfield County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hocking township has 13.6 times the land area of nearby Hamburg CDP (2.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

