Adirondacks & North Country
Ellenburg, New York
Ellenburg is a town in Clinton County, in New York's Adirondacks & North Country region, home to about 1,800 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
- Clinton
- Region
- Adirondacks & North Country
- Population (2020)
- 1,842
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Ellenburg
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Ellenburg is a four-hamlet town with memory work still happening
Ellenburg's town history ties its hamlets to the Chazy River, the Old Military Tract, early settlement, and an active town-history effort.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Dannemora's Civic Memory Runs Through the Prison Village
Dannemora's local story comes from the village and town layer around Clinton Correctional Facility and Adirondack-edge civic life.
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Saranac Has Its Own Older Clinton County Footing
Clinton County's historian page places Saranac's town creation in 1824 after early settlement west of Plattsburgh.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Altona’s Flat Rock landscape is a real public-land clue
Flat Rock State Forest gives Altona a concrete outdoor identity on the Clinton County upland edge.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Chateaugay’s fish hatchery is a working Adirondack clue
DEC’s hatchery page gives Chateaugay a concrete public-resource role beyond border-country geography.
Read this note ->Clinton County · Cars & Driving
North Country Winter Travel Is a Check-Early Habit
Lake-effect snow, Adirondack elevation, and long rural gaps make winter travel manageable when drivers check forecasts and 511NY before leaving.
Read this note ->Clinton County · History & Culture
Mooers is a border-town name with its own local route
Mooers has northern Clinton County border geography, but its town notices and local offices keep the story close to home.
Read this note ->Clinton County · History & Culture
Champlain is the border town with two villages and a lake coast
Champlain's official site and Lake Champlain Basin Program materials frame the town as a Canadian-border, Lake Champlain, two-village municipality.
Read this note ->Clinton County · Money & Taxes
Clinton Delinquent Taxes Need Treasurer and Real Property Checks
Clinton's Treasurer collects delinquent taxes outside Plattsburgh city and posts payment, installment, and foreclosure timing details.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $20–$24 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 $6,126–$7,114 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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