The surface is nearly all a very gentle slope with northern exposure.
Coal abounds and is extensively mined.
Ironstone, limestone, and sandstone also are plentiful. Established, United Presbyterian, and Episcopalian churches are at Lenzie. Seven schools for 1610 scholars are in the parish, and 2 of them for 750 are new. From The Gazetteer of Scotland , by Rev. John Wilson, 1882. Census returns for 1841-1891 can be consulted at the General Register Office in Edinburgh and copies on microfilm may be consulted in LDS Family History Centres around the world.