THE DEFERIET LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Upper St. Lawrence Valley setting.
Deferiet village has 0.68 square miles of land in Jefferson County. Its Census reference point is in Upper St. Lawrence Valley, 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
Deferiet and Jefferson County
Deferiet is associated with Jefferson 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.
Deferiet by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within Deferiet, or 10.4% of its total area. It is 21.3 percentage points lower than the 31.7% recorded for Jefferson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Deferiet village has 11.7% of the land area of nearby Great Bend CDP (5.79 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

