THE LOWER TYRONE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pittsburgh Low Plateau setting.
Lower Tyrone township has 15.9 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
Lower Tyrone and Fayette County
Lower Tyrone 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.
Lower Tyrone by land and water
The Census records 0.24 square miles of water within Lower Tyrone, 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, Lower Tyrone township has 91.8 times the land area of nearby Dawson borough (0.17 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

