Hudson Valley
Firthcliffe, New York
Firthcliffe is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Orange County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 5,000 residents at the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Firthcliffe sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Orange
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 5,022
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Firthcliffe
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Washington's Headquarters: Newburgh's public historic treasure
George Washington spent the longest stretch of the Revolution at Newburgh's Hasbrouck House, later opened by New York as a public historic site.
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Cornwall's Storm King Story Spreads Across the Landscape
Cornwall's Storm King Art Center turns fields, woods, sculpture, and Moodna Creek landscape into a local identity.
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Orange County DMV Has Office and Mobile Routes
Orange County DMV errands can use fixed offices or the mobile unit, but permits and CDL testing may need appointment planning.
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New Windsor Stayed on Watch
New Windsor's Revolutionary War story centers cantonment ground, Knox's Headquarters, army huts, and the end-of-hostilities announcement.
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New Windsor Cantonment Marks the Revolutionary War's Closing Chapter
New Windsor includes a state historic site where the Continental Army's final cantonment gives local ground national context.
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Storm King gives Cornwall a landscape-art address
Storm King gives Cornwall a 500-acre outdoor museum where large-scale sculpture turns the Hudson Highlands landscape into a cultural landmark.
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Newburgh's East End: one of the state's great collections of old homes
The blocks rising from the Hudson hold Newburgh's East End Historic District, with 1800s architecture that a long preservation push keeps bringing back to life.
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Cold Spring's History Museum Keeps Putnam Memory Close
Putnam History Museum gives Cold Spring a grounded route into Hudson Highlands, county, and West Point Foundry history.
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Cold Spring’s Main Street Points to River and Foundry Memory
Cold Spring’s village texture comes from a tight Hudson River main street layered with foundry and preservation history.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $12–$33 per $1,000 in Orange 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 $3,539–$9,891 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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