THE FAIRMOUNT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Fairmount township has 45.7 square miles of land in Luzerne 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
Fairmount and Luzerne County
Fairmount is associated with Luzerne 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.
Fairmount by land and water
The Census records 0.49 square miles of water within Fairmount, or 1.1% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 1.8% recorded for Luzerne County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fairmount township has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Ross township (43.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

