THE PAXTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Knobs-Lower Scioto Dissected Plateau setting.
Paxton township has 31.8 square miles of land in Ross 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
Paxton and Ross County
Paxton is associated with Ross 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.
Paxton by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Paxton, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Ross County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Paxton township has 62.4 times the land area of nearby Bainbridge village (0.51 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

