Editing Virgil, New York (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|122.7|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|122.6|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.08%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The eastern half of the town drains mainly via Gridley Creek to the [[Tioughnioga River]], which flows southwards and is part of the [[Susquehanna River]] watershed, which empties into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] through the [[Chesapeake Bay]]. Water from a small southern part of the town flows south towards the East Branch of Owego Creek, also part of the Susquehanna watershed. The western half of the town, part of the [[Allegheny Plateau]], drains primarily via Virgil Creek, as well as other streams, westward to Fall Creek, part of the [[Cayuga Lake]] watershed leading north towards [[Lake Ontario]] and thence to the Atlantic Ocean via the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]].  Virgil Creek, which shares a through-valley with Gridley Creek, is notable for rising above the Valley Heads Moraine<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9314447/|title = Origin and formation of the Valley Heads Moraine system, central New York|journal = Etd Collection for University of Nebraska - Lincoln|date = January 1992|pages = 1–229|last1 = Yang|first1 = Ming Qin}}</ref> and cutting through it from above.

The western town line is shared with [[Dryden, New York|Dryden]] in [[Tompkins County, New York|Tompkins County]]. Most of the eastern town line is shared with [[Freetown, New York|Freetown]]. The northern  and part of the eastern town boundaries are shared with [[Cortlandville, New York|Cortlandville]]; the eastern part follows the [[Tioughnioga River]]. The southern town line separates Virgil from [[Harford, New York|Harford]] and [[Lapeer, New York|Lapeer]].

[[U.S. Route 11 in New York|U.S. Route 11]] and [[Interstate 81 in New York]] pass near the eastern town line by the Tioghnioga River. [[New York State Route 215]], which begins in [[Cortland, New York|Cortland]], ends at the intersection with [[New York State Route 392]] in the hamlet of Virgil. [[New York State Route 13]] cuts across the northwestern corner of the town.