Capital Region
Grafton, New York
Grafton is a town in Rensselaer County, in New York's Capital Region region, home to about 2,100 people as of the 2020 census.
In New York the practical answer turns on the exact address — the school district, any village lines, and how the parcel is assessed all shape the tax bill. The snapshot and official links below are the place to start.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Rensselaer
- Region
- Capital Region
- Population (2020)
- 2,051
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Grafton
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · The Outdoors
Grafton Lakes Turns the Plateau Into a Four-Season Park Town
Grafton Lakes brings six ponds, Long Pond beach, trout water, trail miles, and winter use to a forested Rensselaer plateau.
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Hoosick's Farm-Implement Past Lives in the Louis Miller Museum
Hoosick's historical society preserves Walter Wood Company material, pointing to the town's nineteenth-century farm-implement industry beyond the battlefield story.
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Sand Lake's Hamlets Hold Glass, Lakes, And Hill Roads
Sand Lake's texture comes from lake hamlets, old glass and mill memory, Taborton hill roads, and a Rensselaer County upland setting.
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Poestenkill runs through four hamlets and old mill work
Poestenkill's town history ties its identity to four hamlets, shirt and collar factories, a tannery, sawmill, grist mill, and churches.
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Hoosick Holds the Bennington Battle on New York Ground
Hoosick's Revolutionary War story comes from Walloomsac, where the Bennington Battlefield story actually sits in New York.
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Pittstown Keeps Its Old Patent Story in the Hills
Pittstown carries a 1761 patent story, William Pitt name, hill-country landscape, and Tomhannock Reservoir edge.
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Brunswick's Garfield School keeps Eagle Mills visible
The Garfield School in Eagle Mills keeps Brunswick's rural school and hamlet-commerce history visible.
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Sand Lake Assessment Checks Start With Rensselaer PROS
For Sand Lake property questions, use the town assessor and Rensselaer County PROS records before assuming a listing has the full story.
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Poestenkill building work needs the code office check
Poestenkill homeowners should check the building and code-enforcement page before starting structural, accessory, or use-changing work.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $18–$21 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 $5,484–$6,303 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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