Mohawk Valley
Fairfield, New York
Fairfield is a town in Herkimer County, in New York's Mohawk Valley region, home to about 1,500 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
- Herkimer
- Region
- Mohawk Valley
- Population (2020)
- 1,475
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Fairfield
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Fairfield's academy story gives the hill town a second life
Fairfield's quick facts point to a Herkimer hill town with New England roots, an academy, and medical-college memory.
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Little Falls Locks Into the Mohawk
Little Falls is shaped by Mohawk River rapids, the Erie Canal, Lock 17, and a rugged canal-side landscape.
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The Town of Little Falls sits around the famous canal city
The Town of Little Falls has its own Mohawk Valley frame around routes, hills, rural homes, and Lock 17 access.
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Newport Keeps Its Memory in Limestone
Newport's History Center gives the Herkimer County town a grounded local-memory stop in a historic limestone building on Main Street.
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Little Falls Reads From the Canal and the Gorge
Little Falls’ local identity comes from the Mohawk River narrows, Erie Canal engineering, and a compact city built around passage.
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Herkimer's Four Corners Hold a County Memory Cluster
Herkimer's Historic Four Corners gather county buildings, church history, courthouse memory, and the Historical Society's Suiter Building Museum.
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Schuyler's Business Park Gives Route 5 a Practical Role
Schuyler's Route 5 story includes a business-park site planned for warehouse, manufacturing, and distribution uses.
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Frankfort Grew as a Canal-Side Mohawk Village
Frankfort's village story is tied to the Mohawk River, the Erie Canal, early patents, and a canal-side growth pattern.
Read this note ->Herkimer County · Money & Taxes
Herkimer Past-Due Balances Belong With the Treasurer
Herkimer property owners should use Real Property for assessment context and the Treasurer for tax bills, rates, and past-due balances.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $16–$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 $4,714–$7,386 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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Nearby places
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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