THE STAMFORD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Catskills Transition setting.
Stamford town has 48.5 square miles of land in Delaware County. Its Census reference point is in Catskills Transition, 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
Stamford and Delaware County
Stamford is associated with Delaware 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.
Stamford by land and water
The Census records 0.11 square miles of water within Stamford, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points lower than the 1.7% recorded for Delaware County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Stamford town has 97.4 times the land area of nearby Hobart village (0.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

