THE WAYNE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pittsburgh Low Plateau setting.
Wayne township has 16.1 square miles of land in Lawrence 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
Wayne and Lawrence County
Wayne 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.
Wayne by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Wayne, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher 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, Wayne township has 6.9 times the land area of nearby Ellwood City borough (2.32 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

