THE MONTOUR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges setting.
Montour town has 18.6 square miles of land in Schuyler 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
Montour and Schuyler County
Montour is associated with Schuyler 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.
Montour by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Montour, or 0% of its total area. It is 4.1 percentage points lower than the 4.1% recorded for Schuyler County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Montour town has 6.2 times the land area of nearby Montour Falls village (3.01 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

