Hudson Valley
Chester, New York
Chester is a town in Orange County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 12,500 people as of the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Chester sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Orange
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 12,646
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Chester
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Sugar Loaf Gives Chester Its Craft Hamlet Story
Sugar Loaf gives Chester a concrete hamlet story: farm support trades, church-and-inn life, and a later craft revival.
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Orange Fill Work Needs Floodplain and Wetland Map Checks
Before filling, grading, or building near water in Orange County, check FEMA flood maps and environmental layers before local permits.
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Kiryas Joel Is Best Read Through Its Civic Map
Kiryas Joel has a compact civic identity where village services, Palm Tree town boundaries, and local government overlap closely.
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Orange County DMV Has Office and Mobile Routes
Orange County DMV errands can use fixed offices or the mobile unit, but permits and CDL testing may need appointment planning.
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Goshen Circles the Track
Goshen's harness-racing identity gathers the Historic Track, museum, and Main Street horse-country memory.
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Museum Village Gives Monroe a Hands-On Memory
Monroe's Orange County identity gathers Museum Village, lakefront recreation, and village-hamlet history into one local story.
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Palm Tree and Kiryas Joel share a municipal frame
Palm Tree's local identity is tied to Kiryas Joel, a coterminous village-town government, and everyday municipal services.
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Goshen's Horse Country Is a County-Seat Clue
Goshen's Historic Track and harness-racing identity give Orange County's seat a sharper local texture than courthouse-town alone.
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Monroe village grew from a fire lesson
Monroe village history turns on a disastrous fire, a farming settlement, and the need for a volunteer fire district.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $23–$25 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 $6,868–$7,546 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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