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Hudson Valley

Cornwall, New York

Cornwall is a town in Orange County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 13,000 people as of the 2020 census.

Whether you're moving in or you've been here for years, the checks that matter most are the school district, the assessment and STAR, and — outside the cities — the well, the septic, and the flood map.

Type
Town
County
Orange
Region
Hudson Valley
Population (2020)
12,884
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Local Almanac

Notes in and around Cornwall

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

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This place · History & Culture

Cornwall's Storm King Story Spreads Across the Landscape

Cornwall's Storm King Art Center turns fields, woods, sculpture, and Moodna Creek landscape into a local identity.

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This place · History & Culture

Storm King gives Cornwall a landscape-art address

Storm King gives Cornwall a 500-acre outdoor museum where large-scale sculpture turns the Hudson Highlands landscape into a cultural landmark.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Highlands Guards the Hudson Narrows

Highlands' Fort Montgomery landscape ties West Point, Bear Mountain, river defense, and present museum work together.

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Nearby · History & Culture

New Windsor Stayed on Watch

New Windsor's Revolutionary War story centers cantonment ground, Knox's Headquarters, army huts, and the end-of-hostilities announcement.

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Nearby · History & Culture

New Windsor Cantonment Marks the Revolutionary War's Closing Chapter

New Windsor includes a state historic site where the Continental Army's final cantonment gives local ground national context.

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Nearby · The Outdoors

Bear Mountain makes the Hudson Highlands a daily Rockland neighbor

Bear Mountain State Park gives Rockland and Orange a Hudson Highlands story through terrain, park roads, trails, lake, and regional day-use habits.

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Nearby · History & Culture

West Point Museum makes Highlands history institutional

West Point Museum gives the Hudson Highlands a public military-history anchor next to the academy landscape.

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Orange County · History & Culture

Deerpark Is a River-and-Canal Town of Hamlets

Deerpark's own history reads like a map of rivers, Shawangunk slopes, Basha Kill wetlands, D&H Canal work, and hamlets.

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Orange County · History & Culture

Washington's Headquarters: Newburgh's public historic treasure

George Washington spent the longest stretch of the Revolution at Newburgh's Hasbrouck House, later opened by New York as a public historic site.

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Property tax snapshot

Roughly $21–$24 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 $6,312–$7,121 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.

Nearby

Nearby places

Firthcliffe

Hamlet (CDP) · Orange County · 5,022

Salisbury Mills

Hamlet (CDP) · Orange County · 580

Cornwall-on-Hudson

Village · Orange County · 3,075

Vails Gate

Hamlet (CDP) · Orange County · 3,368

Beaver Dam Lake

Hamlet (CDP) · Orange County · 2,609

New Windsor

Hamlet (CDP) · Orange County · 8,882

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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