Western New York
Bolivar, New York
Bolivar is a town in Allegany County, in New York's Western New York region, home to about 2,000 people as of the 2020 census.
Niagara Falls, Buffalo, the Erie Canal, and the Concord-grape belt. Bolivar sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Allegany
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 2,029
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Bolivar
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Bolivar Has a Trolley, Oil, and Newspaper Thread
Bolivar's county historian clues tie the town to an old trolley line, the oil-field economy, and Frank Gannett's early newspaper loan.
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Portville Property Paperwork Has Two Useful Front Doors
Portville residents can start with Cattaraugus County for tax and assessment records, then use the town clerk for local permits and payments.
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Portville keeps the Allegheny River valley close to town life
Portville's place story follows the Allegheny River valley, village-town layers, and a shared local-government doorway.
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Genesee is the Allegany town, not just the county name
The Town of Genesee in Allegany County gives the familiar Genesee name a small-town southwestern New York setting.
Read this note ->Allegany County · History & Culture
Angelica's Park Circle makes the village readable
Angelica's octagonal green, old courthouse, fairgrounds, roque court, and antique-shop village center make local history unusually visible.
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Wellsville Still Shows Its Oil-Boom Bones
Wellsville's local texture connects Genesee River industry, oil-boom houses, the Sinclair refinery legacy, and emerging historic-district work.
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Alfred's Clay, Glass, and Campus Craft
Alfred's place identity is unusually tied to ceramics, glass, art, engineering, and the long presence of Alfred University.
Read this note ->Allegany County · History & Culture
Cuba Has Cheese, Canal Water, and Ice
Cuba's local story ties cheese aging, Cuba Lake, and the Genesee Valley Canal into a compact Allegany County identity.
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Wellsville Code and Tax Questions Depend on the Line
Wellsville residents should check whether a question belongs to town offices, village code enforcement, assessor, clerk, or tax collector before assuming one desk handles it.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $26–$32 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 $7,744–$9,464 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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