Editing Cicero, New York (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Cicero, New York Yacht Club.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[[Oneida Lake]] taken from the Yacht Club in Cicero. Two small islands in the lake can be seen from this shoreline.]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|48.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|48.5|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}  (0.10%) is water.

The northern town line of Cicero, marked by the [[Oneida River]], is the border of [[Oswego County, New York|Oswego County]].  The eastern town boundary is the border of [[Madison County, New York|Madison County]], marked by the [[Chittenango Creek]].

At the northern border of Cicero is [[Oneida Lake]], one of the largest bodies of water located within [[New York State]]. Also within Cicero is a fairly large [[swamp]] named Cicero Swamp. Cicero consists of mainly [[wetland]], [[forests]], [[farms]] and a large and growing number of housing developments encroaching on farmland. The soils are mostly brown silt loams and loams with slight to moderate acidity in surface layers (subsoils may be somewhat alkaline); their drainage varies.

[[U.S. Route 11 in New York|U.S. Route 11]], [[Interstate 81 in New York|Interstate 81]], [[Interstate 481]], and [[New York State Route 31]] pass through Cicero.  [[New York State Route 298]] intersects NY-31 near the eastern town line. [[Michael Airfield]], a single runway [[general aviation]] airport, is located within Cicero.

The reconstructed [[Erie Canal]] follows the Oneida River along the northern town line.