 The name is an Iroquoian word meaning "protrusion of land", referring to a sharp bend in the Allegheny River.Tidioute is located at (41.684424, -79.403970).According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (20.00%) is water.