THE ORWELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Orwell township has 32.2 square miles of land in Bradford County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau, 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
Orwell and Bradford County
Orwell is associated with Bradford 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.
Orwell by land and water
The Census records 0.27 square miles of water within Orwell, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 1.2% recorded for Bradford County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Orwell township has 62 times the land area of nearby Rome borough (0.52 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

