Mohawk Valley

Schoharie County, New York

Schoharie County is home to 29,714 people across 25 cities, towns, villages, and hamlets. The Erie Canal corridor, Cooperstown, Utica comfort food, and rolling farm country.

Population (2020): 29,714
Region: Mohawk Valley
Places: 25

Tax snapshot County notes Places Statewide links

Property tax in Schoharie County

About $16–$27 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 $4,918–$7,986 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 Schoharie County

Short, sourced notes tied to this county, with the local color and the things worth knowing before you make a plan.

Home & Property

Middleburgh Creek Risk Needs a Map Check

Middleburgh buyers and renters should treat Schoharie Creek flood questions as parcel-level checks, using FEMA maps, county guidance, and USGS gauges.

History & Culture

Schoharie's Old Stone Fort Anchors Valley Memory

Schoharie's Old Stone Fort turns village history into a layered museum complex for Revolutionary, rural, and county memory.

History & Culture

Cobleskill's College-Town Story Is Agricultural

Cobleskill's college-town identity is unusually practical, built around SUNY Cobleskill's long agriculture and applied-learning mission.

History & Culture

Sharon Springs Still Feels Like a Mineral-Spa Village

Sharon Springs gives Schoharie County a small-village story built from mineral waters, old hotels, Main Street reuse, and spa-era architecture.

History & Culture

Cobleskill is ag tech and caverns

Cobleskill's local identity blends a hands-on SUNY agriculture campus, Schoharie County karst country, and the long visitor pull of Howe Caverns.

History & Culture

Middleburgh Looks Up at Vroman's Nose

Middleburgh's valley identity has a natural landmark: Vroman's Nose, the high overlook above the Schoharie Valley floor.

History & Culture

Wright's Gallupville story keeps the old meeting place warm

Wright's local color comes through Gallupville, where an old hall, hamlet life, and Schoharie County hill roads still give the town a center.

History & Culture

Esperance Carries Hope Across the Creek

Esperance's name, creek crossing, old turnpike traffic, commons, museum, and stone church give the town and village a memorable Schoharie Valley story.

Rules & Licenses

Schoharie pistol permits start at the Sheriff office

Schoharie County pistol-permit applicants should start with the Sheriff office route, county residence, training proof, and application packet.

Towns (16)

Cobleskill · 6,086 Middleburgh · 3,112 Schoharie · 3,107 Richmondville · 2,466 Esperance · 1,806 Carlisle · 1,768 Sharon · 1,697 Seward · 1,583 Wright · 1,516 Jefferson · 1,333 Fulton · 1,199 Gilboa · 1,111 Summit · 1,072 Broome · 863 Conesville · 687 Blenheim · 308

Villages (6)

Cobleskill · 4,173 Middleburgh · 1,131 Schoharie · 916 Richmondville · 858 Sharon Springs · 483 Esperance · 346

Hamlets (3)

Central Bridge · 740 Jefferson · 121 North Blenheim · 54

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.

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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