THE DE PEYSTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
St. Lawrence Lowlands setting.
De Peyster town has 42.9 square miles of land in 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
De Peyster and St. Lawrence County
De Peyster is associated with St. Lawrence 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.
De Peyster by land and water
The Census records 2.17 square miles of water within De Peyster, or 4.8% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 5% recorded for St. Lawrence County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, De Peyster town has 56.4 times the land area of nearby Heuvelton village (0.76 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.