THE NEW CUMBERLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pittsburgh Low Plateau setting.
New Cumberland city has 1.22 square miles of land in Hancock County. Its Census reference point is in Pittsburgh Low Plateau, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
New Cumberland and Hancock County
New Cumberland is associated with Hancock 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.
New Cumberland by land and water
The Census records 0.64 square miles of water within New Cumberland, or 34.4% of its total area. It is 28.3 percentage points higher than the 6.1% recorded for Hancock County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Cumberland city has 1.5 times the land area of nearby Newell CDP (0.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

