THE SNYDER COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Shale Valleys setting.
Snyder County has 328.8 square miles of land in Pennsylvania. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Snyder County: Northern Shale Valleys, Northern Sandstone Ridges, Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys.
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
Snyder County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Shale Valleys76.8%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges17.7%
- Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys5.5%
Finding your parcel within Snyder County
The atlas lists 31 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Snyder County, including Spring, Franklin, West Beaver. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Snyder County by land and water
The Census records 2.76 square miles of water within Snyder County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Snyder County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Snyder County has 376.6 times the land area of nearby Paxtonville CDP (0.87 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Juniata County, Mifflin County, Northumberland County, Union County within Pennsylvania. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.