THE PENFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Lime Drift Plain setting.
Penfield township has 21.6 square miles of land in Lorain County. Its Census reference point is in Low Lime Drift Plain, within Erie Drift Plain.
Low rounded hills, glacial moraines, kettles and wetland areas define the Erie Drift Plain. Its terrain is more varied than nearby flatter farming regions and less rugged than the unglaciated plateaus.
Regional context: Erie Drift Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Penfield and Lorain County
Penfield is associated with Lorain 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.
Penfield by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Penfield, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 46.2 percentage points lower than the 46.8% recorded for Lorain County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Penfield township has 23.1 times the land area of nearby Pheasant Run CDP (0.93 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

