THE SHEFFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mosquito Creek/Pymatuning Lowlands setting.
Sheffield township has 23.3 square miles of land in Ashtabula County. Its Census reference point is in Mosquito Creek/Pymatuning Lowlands, 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
Sheffield and Ashtabula County
Sheffield is associated with Ashtabula 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.
Sheffield by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Sheffield, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 48.5 percentage points lower than the 48.7% recorded for Ashtabula County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sheffield township has 8.5 times the land area of nearby Kingsville CDP (2.76 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

