Adirondacks & North Country
Champlain, New York
Champlain is a town in Clinton County, in New York's Adirondacks & North Country region, home to about 5,700 people as of the 2020 census.
Adirondack peaks, Forest Preserve lands, Olympic Lake Placid, and the St. Lawrence islands. Champlain sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Clinton
- Region
- Adirondacks & North Country
- Population (2020)
- 5,745
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Champlain
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Champlain is the border town with two villages and a lake coast
Champlain's official site and Lake Champlain Basin Program materials frame the town as a Canadian-border, Lake Champlain, two-village municipality.
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Champlain Is A Border Town With Lake In Its Name
Champlain's identity is shaped by Lake Champlain, the Canadian border, two villages, and the northward route toward Montreal.
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Mooers is a border-town name with its own local route
Mooers has northern Clinton County border geography, but its town notices and local offices keep the story close to home.
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Beekmantown sits between Lake Champlain and the Adirondack edge
Beekmantown's official site frames the town as a Champlain Valley place with lake access and Adirondack-edge geography.
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Rouses Point Is a Border Village With Rail and Lake Clues
Rouses Point’s identity comes from its Lake Champlain edge, border crossing role, and rail-village history.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Chazy Has a Wild-Forest Edge Beyond the Lake Plain
Chazy Highlands Wild Forest gives Chazy a public-land story beyond the Lake Champlain plain.
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Chazy Keeps Orchard Country on the Lake Plain
Chazy's lake-plain identity is agricultural and practical: orchards, open fields, hamlets, and a route north of Plattsburgh.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Altona’s Flat Rock landscape is a real public-land clue
Flat Rock State Forest gives Altona a concrete outdoor identity on the Clinton County upland edge.
Read this note ->Clinton County · Cars & Driving
North Country Winter Travel Is a Check-Early Habit
Lake-effect snow, Adirondack elevation, and long rural gaps make winter travel manageable when drivers check forecasts and 511NY before leaving.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $21–$21 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 $6,279–$6,374 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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