THE LEBANON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Shale Valleys setting.
Lebanon County has 361.8 square miles of land in Pennsylvania. 7 mapped landscape regions meet across Lebanon County: Northern Shale Valleys, Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys, Northern Sandstone Ridges, 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
Lebanon County intersects 7 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Shale Valleys39.1%
- Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys29.3%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges12.2%
- Trap Rock and Conglomerate Uplands10.3%
- Triassic Lowlands5.5%
Northern Piedmont in Lebanon County
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Read the regional source ↗Northeastern Highlands in Lebanon County
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Lebanon County
The atlas lists 40 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lebanon County, including Bethel, East Hanover, Union. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lebanon County by land and water
The Census records 0.67 square miles of water within Lebanon County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Lebanon County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lebanon County has 935 times the land area of nearby West Lebanon township (0.39 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Berks County, Dauphin County, Lancaster County, Schuylkill County within Pennsylvania. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.