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Clifton Gardens, New York

Clifton Gardens is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Saratoga County, part of New York's Capital Region region, with about 2,700 residents at the 2020 census.

In New York the practical answer turns on the exact address — the school district, any village lines, and how the parcel is assessed all shape the tax bill. The snapshot and official links below are the place to start.

Type
Hamlet (CDP)
County
Saratoga
Region
Capital Region
Population (2020)
2,729

Local Almanac

Notes in and around Clifton Gardens

Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.

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Nearby · History & Culture

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.

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Niskayuna Runs Along the Mohawk

Niskayuna's identity sits between the Mohawk River trail, Schenectady edge, and a long research-lab presence.

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Halfmoon's Story Sits at the Canal Bend

Halfmoon's hamlet identity comes from the Mohawk-Hudson corridor, Champlain Canal remains, and trail-visible locks.

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Mechanicville Has an Old Canal Under Its Streets

Mechanicville's local story connects the Champlain Canal, Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, mills, and Hudson-side movement.

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Clifton Park Still Carries Vischer Ferry's Canal Shape

Vischer Ferry gives Clifton Park a canal hamlet landscape of towpath remains, dry dock work, and preserved architecture.

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Cohoes Has Falls, Mills, and a Mastodon

Cohoes's identity connects Cohoes Falls, Harmony Mills power, mill-worker memory, and the mastodon found during mill excavation.

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Cohoes Keeps Van Schaick Island in Its Civic Memory

Cohoes's identity includes Van Schaick Mansion, island geography at the Mohawk mouths, historic markers, and Revolutionary War memory.

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Nearby · The Outdoors

Waterford's island park makes the Mohawk-Hudson meeting visible

Peebles Island gives Waterford a public landscape where Mohawk and Hudson river geography is easy to read.

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Nearby · Home & Property

Upper-Hudson Waterfront Lots Need A Flood-Map Check

River and creek properties in the upper Hudson corridor deserve a calm FEMA flood-map check before buying, building, or planning major repairs.

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Property tax snapshot

About $6–$22 per $1,000 in Saratoga 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 $1,765–$6,734 a year before the STAR break. A hamlet has no government of its own — it's taxed at the rates of the town it sits in.

A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.

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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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