THE GILL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Connecticut Valley setting.
Gill town has 13.8 square miles of land in Franklin County. Its Census reference point is in Connecticut Valley, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Gill and Franklin County
Gill is associated with Franklin 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.
Gill by land and water
The Census records 1.03 square miles of water within Gill, or 7% of its total area. It is 3.5 percentage points higher than the 3.5% recorded for Franklin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gill town has 7.2 times the land area of nearby Turners Falls CDP (1.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

