Hudson Valley
Greenport, New York
Greenport is a town in Columbia County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 4,500 people as of the 2020 census.
Like the rest of upstate New York, an assessed value here usually isn't the market value; the state's equalization rate reconciles the two. The local rate is below, and the STAR program can lower the school-tax part of the bill.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Columbia
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 4,473
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Greenport
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Greenport Wraps Hudson Views Around Farms, College, and Olana
Greenport town is a ring around Hudson: Olana, Columbia-Greene Community College, conservation land, farms, and river views.
Read this note ->This place · The Outdoors
Greenport Conservation Area Gives the Town a Hudson Valley Back Door
Greenport's conservation area gives the town public land, Hudson River and Catskill views, forests, and a quieter outdoor identity.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Athens Looks Across the Hudson With Working-River Memory
Athens carries its river identity through ferry history, shipbuilding, brick making, ice harvesting, waterfront buildings, and an active arts center.
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How Nantucket whalers built Hudson — and antique dealers brought it back
Hudson was founded in 1783 by Nantucket whaling families who wanted a safe harbor inland from the sea. Two centuries later, antique dealers on Warren Street helped revive the old port town.
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Athens Is a Town Cut From River Neighbors
Athens carries a Hudson River identity shaped by old boundaries, a ferry village, and river work.
Read this note ->Nearby · Home & Property
Athens Village Projects Need Code and Clerk Checks
In Athens village, project planning should start with the clerk, code office, and historic-district permit rules before work begins.
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Athens Was a Hudson River Work Village
Athens faces the Hudson with a working-waterfront past of ferry traffic, shipbuilding, brick making, and ice harvesting.
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Hudson-Athens Lighthouse makes the river a shared front door
Hudson-Athens Lighthouse gives Athens and Hudson a shared river landmark where navigation history, keeper life, tours, and active preservation meet.
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Hudson's Firefighting Museum Turns Apparatus Into Local Memory
FASNY Museum of Firefighting gives Hudson a public-safety story through apparatus, volunteer fire service, equipment, and a large artifact collection.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $16–$16 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 $4,928–$4,928 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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