Hudson Valley
Chatham, New York
Chatham is a town in Columbia County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 4,100 people as of the 2020 census.
Like the rest of upstate New York, an assessed value here usually isn't the market value; the state's equalization rate reconciles the two. The local rate is below, and the STAR program can lower the school-tax part of the bill.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Columbia
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 4,104
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Chatham
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · Money & Taxes
Chatham transfer tax forms belong in the recording packet
Chatham real-property conveyances have a town transfer-tax page to check before the county clerk recording packet goes in.
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Chatham puts farmland protection into the town conversation
Chatham's Community Preservation Plan shows the town reading itself through farmland, prominent lands, and local conservation choices.
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Kinderhook Keeps Lindenwald Close to Main Street Memory
Kinderhook's identity is anchored by Martin Van Buren, Lindenwald, Old Post Road, and a national historic site that remains part of the local landscape.
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Chatham Still Reads Like a Rail Hub
Chatham's village story comes from railroad-era Main Street, Tracy Memorial Village Hall, old hotels, shops, and a compact Columbia County crossroads.
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Kinderhook Carries Presidential History in Village Scale
Kinderhook layers Martin Van Buren, Dutch houses, village greens, farms, and Columbia County civic memory into a compact place identity.
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New Lebanon holds the Mount Lebanon Shaker story
Shaker Museum gives New Lebanon a direct Mount Lebanon story through Shaker material culture, archives, and a major research collection.
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Canaan's old story runs through inns, Whig rooms, and Route 5
Canaan's identity has early Connecticut settlement, Revolutionary-era tension, Canaan Centre, Shaker families, and a town hall near NY 295.
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Columbia County Assessment Checks Have Local And County Layers
For Kinderhook or Claverack property questions, use Columbia County real property records, then confirm local assessor details before acting.
Read this note ->Columbia County · History & Culture
Claverack's Name Still Carries Dutch Map Memory
Claverack's local identity starts with a hard-to-say Dutch place name tied to Hudson Valley maps, riverbank forms, and old landscape description.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $15–$20 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 $4,410–$6,115 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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Nearby places
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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