THE WELLSBORO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Wellsboro borough has 4.9 square miles of land in Tioga 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
Wellsboro and Tioga County
Wellsboro is associated with Tioga 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.
Wellsboro by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Wellsboro, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 0.3% recorded for Tioga County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wellsboro borough has 6% of the land area of nearby Delmar township (82.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

