THE BELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pittsburgh Low Plateau setting.
Bell township has 18.6 square miles of land in Jefferson County. Its Census reference point is in Pittsburgh Low 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
Bell and Jefferson County
Bell 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.
Bell by land and water
The Census records 0.18 square miles of water within Bell, or 1% of its total area. It is 0.3 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, Bell township has 5.5 times the land area of nearby Punxsutawney borough (3.37 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

