Adirondacks & North Country
Chester, New York
Chester is a town in Warren County, in New York's Adirondacks & North Country region, home to about 3,100 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
- Warren
- Region
- Adirondacks & North Country
- Population (2020)
- 3,086
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Chester
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Chester Is an Adirondack Warren County Town Beyond Chestertown
Chester's local story runs through Chestertown, Warren County offices, lakes, rivers, and Adirondack-area government layers.
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Chester Warren centers local memory in Chestertown
Chester's official town history pages put the historian, museum, and Historical Society inside the Chestertown municipal center.
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Schroon is lake town plus Adirondack municipality
Schroon's local identity comes from Schroon Lake, town government, and Adirondack travel patterns in southern Essex County.
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Horicon's Mill Pond story has mills, tanneries, and a library
Horicon's town history turns Brant Lake and Mill Pond into a story of logging, mills, tanneries, summer visitors, and community-made institutions.
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Warrensburg’s river power became mills, museums, and Adirondack gateway memory
Warrensburg’s history page ties the town to Schroon River waterpower, mills, tanning, paper, clothing, and a local museum identity.
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North Creek Gives Warren County a Mountain-Railroad Door
North Creek's identity mixes old railroad access, mountain-town services, and Gore Mountain traffic in the upper Hudson valley.
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Bolton Landing Gives Lake George a Quieter Shore Pattern
Bolton Landing's local texture is a narrower lake-shore pattern of hamlet streets, docks, islands, and summer institutions.
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Warren County Snowmobile Plans Need the Trail App Check
Warren County's official snowmobile trail app gives riders a better starting point than memory when winter conditions, gates, and routes change.
Read this note ->Warren 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 $10–$15 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 $2,995–$4,384 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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