THE AKWESASNE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
St. Lawrence Lowlands setting.
Akwesasne CDP has 41.6 square miles of land in Franklin County, St. Lawrence County. Its Census reference point is in St. Lawrence Lowlands, within Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands.
Glacially shaped lowlands and irregular plains border the Great Lakes and adjacent hills. The lakes influence regional weather, while local landforms reflect both glacial deposits and former shorelines.
Regional context: Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Akwesasne intersects 2 county geographies: Franklin County, St. Lawrence County. A Akwesasne mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Akwesasne by land and water
The Census records 3.2 square miles of water within Akwesasne, or 7.1% of its total area. It is 6.5 percentage points lower than the 13.6% recorded for New York. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Akwesasne CDP has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Bombay town (35.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

