THE PITTSFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Lime Drift Plain setting.
Pittsfield township has 25.7 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
Pittsfield and Lorain County
Pittsfield 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.
Pittsfield by land and water
The Census records 0.14 square miles of water within Pittsfield, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 46.3 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, Pittsfield township has 5.2 times the land area of nearby Oberlin city (4.93 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

