Southern Tier
Barker, New York
Barker is a town in Broome County, in New York's Southern Tier region, home to about 2,500 people as of the 2020 census.
Binghamton spiedies, Corning glass, and the wooded Pennsylvania border. Barker sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Broome
- Region
- Southern Tier
- Population (2020)
- 2,509
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Barker
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Barker Has Hamlet Shape Instead of a Village Center
Barker's official town description points to hamlets, boundaries, and a Broome County edge rather than a single village center.
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Greene Has a Chenango River Valley Name and Hamlet Pattern
Greene's local identity includes its 1792 founding, Nathanael Greene name, village core, and a set of smaller hamlets.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Maine's park puts Nanticoke Creek into the town's everyday geography
Maine's town park gives the place a public landscape of open space, forest, Nanticoke Creek, sports fields, pavilions, and walking loop.
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Fenton's Port Crane Name Is a Chenango Canal Clue
Fenton's official history explains Port Crane through the Chenango Canal, Route 369, Chenango Valley State Park, and a later renaming for Governor Fenton.
Read this note ->Nearby · Money & Taxes
Fenton Tax Bills Need Both the Town Page and Broome Route
For Fenton property taxes, start with the current TaxLookup page, then use the town assessor's dates for exemption and grievance timing.
Read this note ->Nearby · Rules & Licenses
Maine Puts Code, Tax Collection, and the Parcel Mapper on One Department Page
Maine's departments page gives residents one official route to assessor, code enforcement, tax collection, and Broome parcel lookup.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Nanticoke keeps old mill names in a small Broome town
Nanticoke's local story runs through 1793 settlement, an 1831 town formation, flour and lumber mills, Glen Aubrey, and Lambs Corners.
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Chenango Exemptions Close on the Assessment Calendar
Town of Chenango exemption paperwork belongs on the assessor calendar, with March 1 treated as the local deadline.
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Chenango Works Like a River-Road Town of Hamlets
Chenango's local pattern is a set of hamlets, school districts, and Route 12 civic services rather than one dominant village center.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $21–$26 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 $6,220–$7,897 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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