Adirondacks & North Country
Chateaugay, New York
Chateaugay is a village in Franklin County, in New York's Adirondacks & North Country region, home to about 735 people as of the 2020 census.
Whether you're moving in or you've been here for years, the checks that matter most are the school district, the assessment and STAR, and — outside the cities — the well, the septic, and the flood map.
- Type
- Village
- County
- Franklin
- Region
- Adirondacks & North Country
- Population (2020)
- 735
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Chateaugay
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · 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 ->Nearby · History & Culture
Burke's North Country story has hamlets and Wilder memory
Burke's official town materials give the Franklin County town a quiet North Country story of hamlets, farms, and Almanzo Wilder country nearby.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Malone's Farm, Fair, and Farmer Boy Memory
Malone's village story mixes county-seat services, farm-country identity, and the nearby Almanzo Wilder Homestead that keeps a literary memory local.
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Constable Has a Border-Crossing Identity at Trout River
CBP gives Constable a precise far-north identity through the Trout River port of entry.
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Malone's Salmon River Runs Through Its Civic Story
Malone's Salmon River, county-seat role, railroad shops, and dairy history give the town a deeper North Country story.
Read this note ->Nearby · Rules & Licenses
Franklin Public Health is the starting point before the district handoff
Franklin County environmental-health errands should start with Public Health and keep the Malone office and district-office route together.
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Westville is Salmon River farm country with old mill echoes
Westville's local story blends early settlement, rich clay and sandy soils, the Salmon River, farming, churches, mills, and small industry.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Chateaugay’s fish hatchery is a working Adirondack clue
DEC’s hatchery page gives Chateaugay a concrete public-resource role beyond border-country geography.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Ellenburg is a four-hamlet town with memory work still happening
Ellenburg's town history ties its hamlets to the Chazy River, the Old Military Tract, early settlement, and an active town-history effort.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $13–$26 per $1,000 in Franklin County
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $3,760–$7,669 a year before the STAR break. A village is assessed within its town; expect the town's rate plus a separate village tax.
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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