THE GUILFORD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Guilford town has 61.7 square miles of land in Chenango 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
Guilford and Chenango County
Guilford is associated with Chenango 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.
Guilford by land and water
The Census records 0.24 square miles of water within Guilford, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Chenango County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Guilford town has 46.2 times the land area of nearby Guilford CDP (1.34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

