THE JUNIATA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Shale Valleys setting.
Juniata County has 391.4 square miles of land in Pennsylvania. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Juniata County: Northern Shale Valleys, Northern Sandstone Ridges, Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys, among others.
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Juniata County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Shale Valleys33.9%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges31.1%
- Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys27.4%
- Northern Dissected Ridges and Knobs7.5%
Finding your parcel within Juniata County
The atlas lists 22 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Juniata County, including Lack, Tuscarora, Milford. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Juniata County by land and water
The Census records 2.13 square miles of water within Juniata County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Juniata County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Juniata County has 650.2 times the land area of nearby Port Royal borough (0.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Dauphin County, Franklin County, Huntingdon County, Mifflin County, Northumberland County, Perry County, Snyder County within Pennsylvania. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.