THE SANFORD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Sanford town has 90.1 square miles of land in Broome 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
Sanford and Broome County
Sanford is associated with Broome 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.
Sanford by land and water
The Census records 0.92 square miles of water within Sanford, or 1% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for Broome County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sanford town has 71.3 times the land area of nearby Deposit village (1.26 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

