THE LACKAWAXEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Poconos setting.
Lackawaxen township has 78.4 square miles of land in Pike County. Its Census reference point is in Low Poconos, 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
Lackawaxen and Pike County
Lackawaxen is associated with Pike 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.
Lackawaxen by land and water
The Census records 2.84 square miles of water within Lackawaxen, or 3.5% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 3.9% recorded for Pike County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lackawaxen township has 30.7 times the land area of nearby Fawn Lake Forest CDP (2.55 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

