THE PALERMO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Missouri Coteau setting.
Palermo city has 2.25 square miles of land in Mountrail County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Missouri Coteau, within Northwestern Glaciated Plains.
Glaciated plains bridge the wetter eastern prairie and the drier, more broken Great Plains. Numerous prairie potholes and other seasonal or persistent wetlands are characteristic regional landforms.
Regional context: Northwestern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Palermo and Mountrail County
Palermo is associated with Mountrail 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.
Palermo by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Palermo, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 5.8 percentage points lower than the 6% recorded for Mountrail County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Palermo city has 6.8% of the land area of nearby Palermo township (33 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

