THE MEIGS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Knobs-Lower Scioto Dissected Plateau setting.
Meigs township has 62.6 square miles of land in Adams 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
Meigs and Adams County
Meigs is associated with Adams 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.
Meigs by land and water
The Census records 0.48 square miles of water within Meigs, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for Adams County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Meigs township has 51.6 times the land area of nearby Peebles village (1.21 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

