Central New York
Eaton, New York
Eaton is a town in Madison County, in New York's Central New York region, home to about 4,300 people as of the 2020 census.
In New York the practical answer turns on the exact address — the school district, any village lines, and how the parcel is assessed all shape the tax bill. The snapshot and official links below are the place to start.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Madison
- Region
- Central New York
- Population (2020)
- 4,284
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Eaton
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Eaton's Old Town Museum Keeps Madison County's Workshop Memory Visible
Eaton's local memory includes the Old Town of Eaton Museum, early settlement, creative residents, and Wood, Taber and Morse works.
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Hamilton's College-Town Identity Has an Older Village Green
Hamilton's identity combines Payne's Settlement, the 1816 village charter, the green, the Chenango Canal route, and Colgate's deep local roots.
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Nelson Has Land-Company Roots and Lake-Country Quiet
Nelson's town story moves from treaty lands and the Holland Land Company into hills, lakes, small industry, and rural calm.
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Stockbridge Remembers Schoolhouses and Plows
Madison County's Stockbridge history page links one-room schoolhouses, Munnsville farm-tool manufacturing, and local civic memory.
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Hamilton Links Village Memory to Colgate Roots
Hamilton's local story starts with Paynes Corner, village backing for a college, and Colgate archives that keep town memory close.
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Augusta Remembers Hops, Locks, Creamery, and Rail
Augusta's town history makes Knoxboro, Oriskany Falls, hops, old shops, dairy farms, and rail photos part of one local story.
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Morrisville Is a College Village With Farm-Tool Roots
Morrisville’s village identity is tied to SUNY Morrisville and a practical agricultural-technical tradition in Madison County.
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Bouckville turns Madison's Route 20 frontage into a market
Madison's Bouckville identity is a Route 20 antique corridor where road frontage becomes a temporary outdoor market each August.
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Cazenovia's Lorenzo Story Holds the Lake and the Village
Cazenovia's story gathers at Lorenzo: an 1807 lakefront estate tied to John Lincklaen, the Holland Land Company, and generations of local life.
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Roughly $24–$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 $7,051–$7,363 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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