THE CLIFTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pocono High Plateau setting.
Clifton township has 19.4 square miles of land in Lackawanna County. Its Census reference point is in Pocono High 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
Clifton and Lackawanna County
Clifton is associated with Lackawanna 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.
Clifton by land and water
The Census records 0.38 square miles of water within Clifton, or 1.9% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points higher than the 1.3% recorded for Lackawanna County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clifton township has 4.7 times the land area of nearby Big Bass Lake CDP (4.13 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

