THE OWASCO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Ontario Lowlands setting.
Owasco town has 20.9 square miles of land in Cayuga County. Its Census reference point is in Ontario 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
Owasco and Cayuga County
Owasco 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.
Owasco by land and water
The Census records 2.59 square miles of water within Owasco, or 11.1% of its total area. It is 8.9 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, Owasco town has 5.6 times the land area of nearby Melrose Park CDP (3.73 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

