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Hudson Valley

Sullivan County, New York

Sullivan County is home to 78,624 people across 46 cities, towns, villages, and hamlets. Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains.

Population (2020)
78,624
Region
Hudson Valley
Places
46

Property tax in Sullivan County

About $14–$25 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 $4,338–$7,388 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 Sullivan County

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

History & Culture

Highland Has a River-Edge Revolutionary Story

Highland's Delaware River edge carries hamlet life, the Minisink Ford Battleground, the Roebling Bridge, and a Revolutionary War memory close together.

History & Culture

Liberty's Hamlets Grew Through Tanneries, Hotels, and Sanatoriums

Liberty's official history traces a Catskills arc from hemlock woods and tanneries to hotels, health institutions, and named hamlets.

Cars & Driving

Sullivan DMV Is a Nine-Stop Appointment Errand

Sullivan County DMV users should use the county appointment route, know the nine local stops, and keep road-test questions with NYS DMV.

History & Culture

Monticello's Broadway Tells a County-Seat Story

Monticello's Broadway core gives the village a county-seat feel built from old storefronts, public errands, and preservation work.

History & Culture

Bethel's Festival Field Became a Long Memory

Bethel's identity still turns on how a Catskills field became a national music-history address.

History & Culture

Fallsburg's Route 42 Still Remembers Hotel Row

Fallsburg's Route 42 marker keeps Borscht Belt resort memory attached to South Fallsburg's everyday landscape.

Money & Taxes

Sullivan Delinquent Taxes Route Through the Treasurer

Sullivan county and town back-tax checks start with the Treasurer lookup, but payment still has to run through the office.

History & Culture

Thompson carries Catskills resort memory through Monticello

Thompson's local identity links Munsee Lenape presence, Dutch Pond settlement, Monticello, and the Borscht Belt marker work.

History & Culture

Cochecton sits where Delaware River travel mattered early

Cochecton's town history layers Delaware River settlement, old land disputes, shad and fur trade, a turnpike, rafting, tanneries, and railroad memory.

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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