THE VERMILION LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Erie/Ontario Lake Plain setting.
Vermilion township has 19.9 square miles of land in Erie County. Its Census reference point is in Erie/Ontario Lake Plain, 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
Vermilion and Erie County
Vermilion is associated with Erie 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.
Vermilion by land and water
The Census records 2.31 square miles of water within Vermilion, or 10.4% of its total area. It is 49.4 percentage points lower than the 59.8% recorded for Erie County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Vermilion township has 432.7 times the land area of nearby Beulah Beach CDP (0.05 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

