Central New York
Freetown, New York
Freetown is a town in Cortland County, in New York's Central New York region, home to about 767 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
- Cortland
- Region
- Central New York
- Population (2020)
- 767
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Freetown
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Marathon's Early Story Comes Up the Tioughnioga River
Marathon's official history begins with a family traveling by canoe up the Tioughnioga River in 1794.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Cincinnatus Keeps the Otselic River in the Center of the Story
Cincinnatus’s town homepage makes the Otselic River, school, town hall, meetings, permits, and budget materials part of one civic story.
Read this note ->Nearby · Money & Taxes
Cincinnatus Notices Are Worth Checking Before an Assessment Errand
Cincinnatus posts assessment, clerk-office, water-report, meeting, permit, and budget pointers directly on its town homepage.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Tuller Hill Gives Virgil a Multi-Use Trail Grid
Tuller Hill State Forest in Virgil covers 2,497 acres and supports hiking, skiing, biking, riding, snowmobiling, hunting, trapping, and geocaching.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Cuyler Hill Preserves a Natural Area Inside a Big Trail Forest
Cuyler Hill State Forest spans the Cortland-Chenango line, with 5,507 acres, 8.5 miles of Finger Lakes Trail, and a 20-acre natural area.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Taylor Valley Keeps the Cheningo CCC Story on the Landscape
Taylor Valley State Forest connects Cuyler, Solon, Taylor, and Truxton with Cheningo day use, snowmobile trails, glacial landforms, and CCC history.
Read this note ->Nearby · Rules & Licenses
Tuller Hill riders need the hiker-designated trail split
Tuller Hill supports many trail users, but DEC separates horseback riding and biking from hiker-designated trails.
Read this note ->Cortland County · Home & Property
Cortlandville Permits Start With the Building Code Office
Cortlandville owners should check the Building Code Department before residential, commercial, solar, accessory, or highway-adjacent work moves forward.
Read this note ->Cortland County · Home & Property
Cortland County Beacon Is a Parcel Starting Point
Cortland County's Beacon and Real Property pages help Homer and Cortlandville owners check parcel, assessment, sale, and property details before asking bigger questions.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $27–$29 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 $8,100–$8,697 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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