Capital Region
Charlton, New York
Charlton is a town in Saratoga County, in New York's Capital Region region, home to about 4,300 people as of the 2020 census.
Albany the capital, Revolutionary Saratoga, spas, and horse racing. Charlton sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Saratoga
- Region
- Capital Region
- Population (2020)
- 4,328
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Charlton
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Charlton keeps Freehold roots and hamlet preservation in view
Charlton's official history pages tie Freehold settlement roots to a preserved hamlet and active historic-district work.
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Glenville's Broomcorn Story Grows by the Mohawk
Glenville's Mohawk River identity ties Scotia, farm ground, and broomcorn work into one local history layer.
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Milton follows Kayaderosseras Creek
Milton's Saratoga County identity follows Kayaderosseras Creek, Ballston Spa's edge, parks, and a farm-town settlement story.
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Ballston Starts With Springs and Brookside
Ballston's identity ties mineral-spring travel, Brookside Museum, and Saratoga County memory to a small village edge.
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Galway Describes Itself Through Farms, Homes, and Small Business
Galway's town site gives a plain self-portrait: a western Saratoga County rural community of small business, farming, homes, and seasonal residents.
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ESAM gives Glenville a runway-and-aircraft identity
Empire State Aerosciences Museum ties Glenville to aircraft, aviation exhibits, and the Capital Region's airfield edge.
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Glenville Keeps Town Memory in Records, Maps, and Old-School Files
Glenville's historian work gives the town an archive identity built from newspapers, photographs, maps, school records, and family research.
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Stillwater's Main Street Sat on a Highway of History
Stillwater's own history page layers Hudson River crossings, Saratoga battles, Champlain Canal commerce, and old homes into one town story.
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Waterford Is Where Canals Stack Up
Waterford's identity comes from the Hudson-Mohawk meeting point, Erie and Champlain Canal layers, and the famous flight of locks.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $14–$18 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 $4,136–$5,403 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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