Southern Tier
Greene, New York
Greene is a town in Chenango County, in New York's Southern Tier region, home to about 5,300 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
- Chenango
- Region
- Southern Tier
- Population (2020)
- 5,296
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Greene
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Greene Has a Chenango River Valley Name and Hamlet Pattern
Greene's local identity includes its 1792 founding, Nathanael Greene name, village core, and a set of smaller hamlets.
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Colesville Is a Town of Hamlets With Harpursville at the Errand Center
Colesville's official homepage frames a Broome County town formed in 1821 with Harpursville as its major hamlet.
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Fenton's Port Crane Name Is a Chenango Canal Clue
Fenton's official history explains Port Crane through the Chenango Canal, Route 369, Chenango Valley State Park, and a later renaming for Governor Fenton.
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Fenton Tax Bills Need Both the Town Page and Broome Route
For Fenton property taxes, start with the current TaxLookup page, then use the town assessor's dates for exemption and grievance timing.
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Chenango Exemptions Close on the Assessment Calendar
Town of Chenango exemption paperwork belongs on the assessor calendar, with March 1 treated as the local deadline.
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Chenango Works Like a River-Road Town of Hamlets
Chenango's local pattern is a set of hamlets, school districts, and Route 12 civic services rather than one dominant village center.
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Chenango Valley State Park Gives Fenton Kettle Lakes and Public Woods
Chenango Valley State Park gives Fenton a public-land identity built around wooded recreation, golf, camping, and glacial lake terrain.
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Fenton's Port Crane Story Belongs to the Chenango Canal
Fenton's most readable local story runs through Port Crane and the Chenango Canal route between Binghamton and Utica.
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Triangle and Whitney Point Sit Where Flood Control Became Civic Geography
The Whitney Point area has local identity tied to flood-control infrastructure, recreation, and river-valley geography.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $24–$31 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 $7,302–$9,202 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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