Mohawk Valley
Herkimer County, New York
Herkimer County is home to 60,139 people across 36 cities, towns, villages, and hamlets. The Erie Canal corridor, Cooperstown, Utica comfort food, and rolling farm country.
- Population (2020)
- 60,139
- Region
- Mohawk Valley
- Places
- 36
Property tax in Herkimer County
About $8–$37 per $1,000 of market value
Combined full-value rates (county + town/city + school) across the county, FY2025. On a $300,000 home that's roughly $2,322–$11,190 a year before STAR. The exact rate depends on the town, school district, and village. A planning estimate, not a bill.
Almanac Notes
More about Herkimer County
Short, sourced notes tied to this county, with the local color and the things worth knowing before you make a plan.
History & Culture
Frankfort Grew as a Canal-Side Mohawk Village
Frankfort's village story is tied to the Mohawk River, the Erie Canal, early patents, and a canal-side growth pattern.
History & Culture
Fairfield's academy story gives the hill town a second life
Fairfield's quick facts point to a Herkimer hill town with New England roots, an academy, and medical-college memory.
History & Culture
Little Falls Locks Into the Mohawk
Little Falls is shaped by Mohawk River rapids, the Erie Canal, Lock 17, and a rugged canal-side landscape.
History & Culture
The Town of Little Falls sits around the famous canal city
The Town of Little Falls has its own Mohawk Valley frame around routes, hills, rural homes, and Lock 17 access.
History & Culture
Newport Keeps Its Memory in Limestone
Newport's History Center gives the Herkimer County town a grounded local-memory stop in a historic limestone building on Main Street.
History & Culture
Herkimer's Four Corners Hold a County Memory Cluster
Herkimer's Historic Four Corners gather county buildings, church history, courthouse memory, and the Historical Society's Suiter Building Museum.
History & Culture
Little Falls Reads From the Canal and the Gorge
Little Falls’ local identity comes from the Mohawk River narrows, Erie Canal engineering, and a compact city built around passage.
Money & Taxes
Herkimer Past-Due Balances Belong With the Treasurer
Herkimer property owners should use Real Property for assessment context and the Treasurer for tax bills, rates, and past-due balances.
Money & Taxes
Herkimer Tax Questions Split Between Rolls and Bills
Herkimer County owners should separate assessment-roll questions from tax-bill, tax-rate, and past-due balance questions before calling.
Cities (1)
Towns (19)
Villages (9)
Statewide starting points
County, assessor, STAR, and environment lookups
Start with the state county directory, then use ORPTS for assessor, equalization-rate, and municipal profile data. Exact local offices and deadlines still come from the county, city, town, village, or borough office.
- NY.Gov county directory
- ORPTS Municipal Data Portal — assessors & rates
- STAR property-tax break
- DECinfo Locator
Use this carefully: County pages here are orientation pages. Current forms, deadlines, local offices, and parcel-specific details come from the responsible office.
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.
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