THE PALERMO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Ontario Lowlands setting.
Palermo town has 40.5 square miles of land in Oswego 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
Palermo and Oswego County
Palermo is associated with Oswego 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.
Palermo by land and water
The Census records 0.28 square miles of water within Palermo, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 26.8 percentage points lower than the 27.5% recorded for Oswego County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Palermo town has 83.9% of the land area of nearby Volney town (48.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

