THE GENOA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges setting.
Genoa town has 39.6 square miles of land in Cayuga County. Its Census reference point is in Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges, 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
Genoa and Cayuga County
Genoa is associated with Cayuga 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.
Genoa by land and water
The Census records 3.57 square miles of water within Genoa, or 8.3% of its total area. It is 11.7 percentage points lower than the 19.9% recorded for Cayuga County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Genoa town has 96.4% of the land area of nearby Venice town (41.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

