THE JEFFERSON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pittsburgh Low Plateau setting.
Jefferson township has 20 square miles of land in Fayette 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
Jefferson and Fayette County
Jefferson is associated with Fayette 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.
Jefferson by land and water
The Census records 0.3 square miles of water within Jefferson, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points higher than the 1% recorded for Fayette County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jefferson township has 15.2 times the land area of nearby Grindstone CDP (1.32 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

