THE WILLET LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Willet town has 25.7 square miles of land in Cortland 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
Willet and Cortland County
Willet is associated with Cortland 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.
Willet by land and water
The Census records 0.32 square miles of water within Willet, or 1.2% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Cortland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Willet town has 1 times the land area of nearby Marathon town (24.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

