THE LAFAYETTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Lafayette township has 71.1 square miles of land in McKean County. Its Census reference point is in Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau, 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
Lafayette and McKean County
Lafayette is associated with McKean 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.
Lafayette by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Lafayette, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for McKean County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lafayette township has 38.9 times the land area of nearby Lewis Run borough (1.83 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

