THE SWANTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Champlain Lowlands setting.
Swanton village has 0.76 square miles of land in Franklin County. Its Census reference point is in Champlain 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
Swanton and Franklin County
Swanton is associated with Franklin 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.
Swanton by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Swanton, or 3.9% of its total area. It is 4.5 percentage points lower than the 8.4% recorded for Franklin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Swanton village has 1.6% of the land area of nearby Swanton town (48.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

