THE BARNETT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Barnett township has 14.6 square miles of land in Jefferson County. Its Census reference point is in Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Barnett and Jefferson County
Barnett is associated with Jefferson 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.
Barnett by land and water
The Census records 0.56 square miles of water within Barnett, or 3.7% of its total area. It is 3 percentage points higher than the 0.7% recorded for Jefferson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Barnett township has 42.5% of the land area of nearby Barnett township (34.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

