Mohawk Valley
Frankfort, New York
Frankfort is a town in Herkimer County, in New York's Mohawk Valley region, home to about 7,000 people as of the 2020 census.
The Erie Canal corridor, Cooperstown, Utica comfort food, and rolling farm country. Frankfort sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Herkimer
- Region
- Mohawk Valley
- Population (2020)
- 7,011
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Notes in and around Frankfort
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
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.
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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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Utica Monthly Parking Applications Need a Current Check
Utica drivers should check the city off-street parking page before assuming a new monthly parking application is available.
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Utica Built the Aud on an Old Canal Line
Utica Memorial Auditorium turns the city's Erie Canal layer into a modern civic and sports landmark.
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Utica's Historic Districts Give It a Big-City Feel
Utica's preserved streets and districts show how nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century growth still shapes the city.
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Oneida DMV trips split between Utica timing and Rome appointments
Oneida County drivers should check Utica hours, Rome appointment service, written-test windows, and enforcement-transaction timing before a DMV trip.
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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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Utica code questions can start with the county codes program page
Utica owners can use the city codes and county-codes-program pages as the official start for code-compliance questions.
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Ilion keeps civic memory in the library and veterans auditorium
Ilion's civic memory can be read through its official motto, public library, and Veterans' Memorial Auditorium name program.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $21–$27 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 $6,155–$8,101 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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