THE CAMBRIA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Uplands and Valleys of Mixed Land Use setting.
Cambria County has 688 square miles of land in Pennsylvania. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Cambria County: Uplands and Valleys of Mixed Land Use, Forested Hills and Mountains.
A rugged, deeply cut plateau of sandstone, shale and related rocks supports extensive forest. High hills and low mountains distinguish this Appalachian landscape from smoother neighboring regions.
Regional context: Central Appalachians ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Cambria County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Uplands and Valleys of Mixed Land Use82.2%
- Forested Hills and Mountains17.8%
Finding your parcel within Cambria County
The atlas lists 89 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Cambria County, including Cambria, Jackson, Adams. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Cambria County by land and water
The Census records 5.27 square miles of water within Cambria County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Cambria County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cambria County has 410.2 times the land area of nearby Ebensburg borough (1.68 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bedford County, Blair County, Clearfield County, Indiana County, Somerset County, Westmoreland County within Pennsylvania. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

