THE BROWN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Brown township has 73.3 square miles of land in Lycoming 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
Brown and Lycoming County
Brown is associated with Lycoming 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.
Brown by land and water
The Census records 0.69 square miles of water within Brown, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 1.2% recorded for Lycoming County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Brown township has 96.2% of the land area of nearby McHenry township (76.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.