Capital Region
Duane Lake, New York
Duane Lake is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Schenectady County, part of New York's Capital Region region, with about 329 residents at the 2020 census.
Like the rest of upstate New York, an assessed value here usually isn't the market value; the state's equalization rate reconciles the two. The local rate is below, and the STAR program can lower the school-tax part of the bill.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Schenectady
- Region
- Capital Region
- Population (2020)
- 329
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Duane Lake
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Rotterdam's Mohawk River Story Rests at Mabee Farm
Mabee Farm gives Rotterdam a Mohawk River landscape of Dutch farm buildings, orchards, gardens, and local memory.
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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.
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Duanesburg's Old Roads Explain Its Open-Country Feel
Duanesburg's farms, hamlets, Quaker Street, and old east-west roads explain why Schenectady County suddenly feels open and upland.
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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.
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Princetown Has a Carry's Bush Beginning
Princetown's county page ties the town to John Prince, Carry's Bush, Dutch Reformed Church land, farms, and rural homes.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Duanesburg's County Forest Preserve Makes a Winter-Trail Pocket
Duanesburg has Schenectady County's 104-acre County Forest Preserve, with hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, and nearby town forest trails.
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Plotter Kill makes Rotterdam's edge steep and wild
Plotter Kill Preserve gives Rotterdam a rugged county preserve, Mohawk tributary gorge, waterfalls, trails, and plant diversity.
Read this note ->Nearby · Home & Property
Duanesburg Land Projects Need Parcel And Zoning Checks Together
For Duanesburg land or building plans, check the parcel record and town zoning contacts before treating open land as simple.
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Knox Reads Like a Helderberg Hilltown
Knox's story comes from the Helderberg landscape, Thacher's fossil cliffs, and a town civic pattern built around local committees and hilltown memory.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $19–$28 per $1,000 in Schenectady County
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $5,750–$8,311 a year before the STAR break. A hamlet has no government of its own — it's taxed at the rates of the town it sits in.
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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