THE DANBY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Danby town has 53.6 square miles of land in Tompkins County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Danby and Tompkins County
Danby is associated with Tompkins 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.
Danby by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Danby, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 3 percentage points lower than the 3.4% recorded for Tompkins County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Danby town has 15.5 times the land area of nearby Danby CDP (3.46 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

