THE VOLNEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Ontario Lowlands setting.
Volney town has 48.2 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
Volney and Oswego County
Volney 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.
Volney by land and water
The Census records 0.91 square miles of water within Volney, or 1.9% of its total area. It is 25.6 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, Volney town has 12.3 times the land area of nearby Fulton city (3.92 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

