Finger Lakes
Darien, New York
Darien is a town in Genesee County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 3,000 people as of the 2020 census.
Eleven glacial lakes lined with waterfalls, gorges, and the state's biggest wine country. Darien sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Genesee
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 3,010
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Darien
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · The Outdoors
Darien Gives Genesee County a State-Park Campground Identity
Darien's local texture includes a state park landscape of camping, trails, water, and western New York family recreation.
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Bennington's town site keeps rural services visible
Bennington's NY town source shows a Wyoming County government hub for town clerk, zoning, water, highway, historian, park, and county routing.
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Attica's Museum Parlor and Prison Records Tell Two Institutional Stories
Attica's local historical society and state archives show a town remembered through both community collecting and a major twentieth-century prison institution.
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Alden's Creeks and Rail Lines Explain Its Farm-Town Shape
Alden's local history ties early settlement to creeks, mills, fertile land, and later railroad access across eastern Erie County.
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Attica Has a Town-and-Village Civic Map
Attica's civic identity includes town and village government, Wyoming County community life, and ordinary hometown work.
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Alexander keeps its civic life in a cobblestone school
Alexander's Town Hall began as an 1837 cobblestone school, turning the town's crossroads, education, museum, and civic work into one building.
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Pembroke Keeps Local Memory Inside the Town Offices
The Pembroke Museum gives the town a small but concrete local-history anchor inside municipal space.
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Le Roy Has JELL-O and a Serious History Shelf
Le Roy's identity starts with JELL-O, then widens into the historical society, LeRoy House, Ingham University, and local industries.
Read this note ->Genesee County · Money & Taxes
Genesee County Bed Tax Starts Before Guests Arrive
Genesee County lodging operators should check the county bed-tax registration path before assuming a booking platform handles everything.
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Roughly $21–$25 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 $6,256–$7,364 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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