THE RUSSELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Upper St. Lawrence Valley setting.
Russell town has 96.5 square miles of land in St. Lawrence County. Its Census reference point is in Upper St. Lawrence Valley, 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
Russell and St. Lawrence County
Russell is associated with St. Lawrence 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.
Russell by land and water
The Census records 0.79 square miles of water within Russell, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 4.2 percentage points lower than the 5% recorded for St. Lawrence County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Russell town has 196.1 times the land area of nearby Hermon CDP (0.49 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

