THE RACCOON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pittsburgh Low Plateau setting.
Raccoon township has 18.7 square miles of land in Beaver 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
Raccoon and Beaver County
Raccoon is associated with Beaver 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.
Raccoon by land and water
The Census records 0.51 square miles of water within Raccoon, or 2.7% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points higher than the 2.1% recorded for Beaver County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Raccoon township has 5.4 times the land area of nearby Shippingport borough (3.44 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

