Southern Tier
Guilford, New York
Guilford is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Chenango County, part of New York's Southern Tier region, with about 322 residents at the 2020 census.
Binghamton spiedies, Corning glass, and the wooded Pennsylvania border. Guilford sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Chenango
- Region
- Southern Tier
- Population (2020)
- 322
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Guilford
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
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Norwich Keeps Local Memory at Guernsey Library
Norwich's Guernsey Library story ties an early frame house, donated courthouse land, public library purpose, and local-history room together.
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Norwich Water and Sewer Questions Have Two City Stops
Norwich water or sewer questions split between service, emergencies, finance, payments, final reads, and current online payment limits.
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Norwich Runs From Canal Dreams to Classic Cars
Norwich's identity connects village-to-city history, Chenango Canal ambition, downtown contrasts, and a museum full of classic transportation memory.
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Bainbridge Sends Its Canoes Down the Susquehanna
Bainbridge local identity runs through the Susquehanna River, the village green, Jericho-era history, and the General Clinton Canoe Regatta.
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Oxford Keeps Its River, Fort Hill, and Burr House Close
Oxford's village center links the Chenango River, Fort Hill Park, the Theodore Burr house library, and a large historic district.
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Bainbridge Carries Jericho, Vermont Sufferers, and Small Industry
Bainbridge combines its Jericho name, Vermont Sufferers land story, rural manufacturing, and Memorial Day canoe tradition.
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Norwich Keeps Chenango Canal Memory Close
Norwich's local history is held at the Chenango County Historical Society and in memory of the Chenango Canal corridor.
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Bainbridge Measures Memorial Day by the River
Bainbridge's General Clinton Canoe Regatta turns the upper Susquehanna into a civic calendar, race route, and village identity marker.
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Norwich DBA Filings Start With the Chenango County Clerk
Chenango County business certificates have a county clerk route, a filing fee, copy costs, and a display requirement for the certified certificate.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $21–$36 per $1,000 in Chenango County
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $6,203–$10,809 a year before the STAR break. A hamlet has no government of its own — it's taxed at the rates of the town it sits in.
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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