THE CANTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Canton borough has 1.15 square miles of land in Bradford County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Canton and Bradford County
Canton is associated with Bradford 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.
Canton by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Canton, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 1.2% recorded for Bradford County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Canton borough has 3.1% of the land area of nearby Canton township (37.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

