Western New York
Colden, New York
Colden is a town in Erie County, in New York's Western New York region, home to about 3,100 people as of the 2020 census.
Niagara Falls, Buffalo, the Erie Canal, and the Concord-grape belt. Colden sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Erie
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 3,121
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Colden
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Colden carries creek-valley and hilltown Erie County identity
Colden’s official sources help readers see an Erie County hilltown shaped by Buffum Mills memory, Cazenovia Creek, roads, and town-office layers.
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Orchard Park Building and Tax Checks Start Early
Orchard Park owners should check town permit rules, zoning paths, tax-map details, and the online tax bill system before work or payment deadlines.
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Holland's identity is rural Erie County, not Buffalo suburb shorthand
Holland's story comes from its eastern Erie County town layer, rural roads, and local-government identity outside Buffalo shorthand.
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Aurora Still Works in the Roycroft Shops
Aurora's East Aurora identity keeps Arts and Crafts buildings, artisan work, and local museum life close together.
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Concord Holds Springville, Zoar Valley, and Early Erie County Memory
Concord's official history connects a large southern Erie town to Springville, early schools, early fairground memory, and Zoar Valley.
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Wales is an Erie County town where local rules start locally
Wales is a small eastern Erie County town where local offices matter before county assumptions.
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Orchard Park Has Two Kinds of Sunday Memory
Orchard Park's civic identity contrasts Quaker meetinghouse roots with the Bills stadium name known across the region.
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East Aurora's Roycroft Campus Anchors Its Main Street Story
East Aurora's Roycroft Campus explains why this Erie County village carries an arts-and-crafts identity near its Main Street core.
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Boston's Town Hall Sits at the Old Ridge-and-Lake Crossroads
Boston's town story starts with early Johnson-family settlement and a civic center that still reads as a south Erie County hill-town crossroads.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $15–$19 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 $4,562–$5,665 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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