Finger Lakes
Elba, New York
Elba is a town in Genesee County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 2,200 people as of the 2020 census.
Whether you're moving in or you've been here for years, the checks that matter most are the school district, the assessment and STAR, and — outside the cities — the well, the septic, and the flood map.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Genesee
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 2,164
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Elba
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Elba Turns Muckland Onions Into a Town Story
Elba's onion fields, Field Day, and Onion Queen tradition make its agricultural identity feel lively instead of just labeled.
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Albion's Cemetery Tower Holds County Grief in Stone
Albion's Mount Albion Cemetery gives Orleans County a dramatic Civil War memorial, rural cemetery landscape, and Medina sandstone landmark.
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Albion Building Work Can Trigger Town and County Review
Albion projects should check town building-permit rules and Orleans County Planning Board referral triggers before assuming a local approval is enough.
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Albion Property Checks Start at Orleans County
Albion property owners should use Orleans County real property, local assessor, and tax-bill pages before assuming the town handles every tax question.
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Clarendon Gives Orleans County a Sandstone-and-Quarry Frame
Clarendon's town route and Orleans County sandstone memory give the place a local frame of hamlets, quarries, cemetery care, and town records.
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Stafford Keeps Its Pottery Story Beside Town Hall
Stafford's museum gives the town a friendly local-history stop, with Morganville Pottery as a memorable piece of the story.
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Albion's Square Tells a Canal-and-Sandstone Story
Albion's Courthouse Square links county government, Medina sandstone buildings, Erie Canal growth, and a compact historic village core.
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Batavia Town Is the Hamlets Around the Land-Office City
The Town of Batavia's own history turns the area outside the city into a set of hamlets shaped by mills, roads, rail, and the old land-office geography.
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Batavia Starts With Creek, Trail, and Land Office
Batavia's identity links Tonawanda Creek, Indigenous trail routes, Joseph Ellicott, and the Holland Land Office building.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $25–$34 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 $7,523–$10,079 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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