THE SLIPPERY ROCK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Lime Drift Plain setting.
Slippery Rock township has 29.7 square miles of land in Lawrence County. Its Census reference point is in Low Lime Drift Plain, within Erie Drift Plain.
Low rounded hills, glacial moraines, kettles and wetland areas define the Erie Drift Plain. Its terrain is more varied than nearby flatter farming regions and less rugged than the unglaciated plateaus.
Regional context: Erie Drift Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Slippery Rock and Lawrence County
Slippery Rock is associated with Lawrence 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.
Slippery Rock by land and water
The Census records 0.21 square miles of water within Slippery Rock, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 1.2% recorded for Lawrence County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Slippery Rock township has 44.7 times the land area of nearby Lake Arthur Estates CDP (0.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.