THE OVERTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Overton township has 46.7 square miles of land in Bradford County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated 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
Overton and Bradford County
Overton 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.
Overton by land and water
The Census records 0.24 square miles of water within Overton, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.7 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, Overton township has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Franklin township (33.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

