Hudson Valley
Austerlitz, New York
Austerlitz is a town in Columbia County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 1,600 people as of the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Austerlitz sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Columbia
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 1,625
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Austerlitz
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Old Austerlitz Turns a Town's Buildings Into Working History
Old Austerlitz centers on a historical society site with 18th- and 19th-century buildings, a blacksmith, and town heritage work.
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Austerlitz makes town history visible through Spencertown archives
Austerlitz's town historian page gathers local stories, dairy farming memory, searchers, and historic district photos around Spencertown.
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Kinderhook Keeps Lindenwald Close to Main Street Memory
Kinderhook's identity is anchored by Martin Van Buren, Lindenwald, Old Post Road, and a national historic site that remains part of the local landscape.
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Chatham Still Reads Like a Rail Hub
Chatham's village story comes from railroad-era Main Street, Tracy Memorial Village Hall, old hotels, shops, and a compact Columbia County crossroads.
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Kinderhook Carries Presidential History in Village Scale
Kinderhook layers Martin Van Buren, Dutch houses, village greens, farms, and Columbia County civic memory into a compact place identity.
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Chatham transfer tax forms belong in the recording packet
Chatham real-property conveyances have a town transfer-tax page to check before the county clerk recording packet goes in.
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Hillsdale's East Gate Toll House Remembers the Columbia Turnpike
Hillsdale's East Gate Toll House recalls a rare tollgate tied to the 1799 road between Hudson and Massachusetts.
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Ghent keeps a bandstand kind of town memory alive
Ghent Band gives the town a living civic tradition, with free concerts and a local music thread reaching back to 1899.
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Art Omi makes Ghent feel like an open-air arts campus
Art Omi gives Ghent Color through a 120-acre sculpture and architecture park, gallery, residencies, and arts education.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $11–$14 per $1,000
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $3,344–$4,321 a year before the STAR break.
A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.
Statewide links
Statewide starting points.
Good to know
- • Your assessed value usually isn't your market value — ask for the equalization rate.
- • Register for STAR; new applicants generally receive a credit instead of an automatic exemption on the bill.
- • Outside the cities, check the well, the septic, and the FEMA flood map before you buy.
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Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->
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