THE GREAT BEND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delaware-Neversink Highlands setting.
Great Bend township has 36.2 square miles of land in Susquehanna County. Its Census reference point is in Delaware-Neversink Highlands, 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
Great Bend and Susquehanna County
Great Bend is associated with Susquehanna 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.
Great Bend by land and water
The Census records 0.69 square miles of water within Great Bend, or 1.9% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points higher than the 1% recorded for Susquehanna County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Great Bend township has 86.6 times the land area of nearby Hallstead borough (0.42 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

