THE COWANSHANNOCK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pittsburgh Low Plateau setting.
Cowanshannock township has 45.7 square miles of land in Armstrong 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
Cowanshannock and Armstrong County
Cowanshannock is associated with Armstrong 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.
Cowanshannock by land and water
The Census records 0.69 square miles of water within Cowanshannock, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 1.6% recorded for Armstrong County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cowanshannock township has 21.6 times the land area of nearby Rural Valley borough (2.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

