Hudson Valley
High Falls, New York
High Falls is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Ulster County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 700 residents at 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
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Ulster
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 700
Local Almanac
Notes in and around High Falls
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
High Falls Keeps Its D&H Canal Story by the Rondout
The D&H Canal Museum anchors High Falls in canal locks, Rondout movement, and preserved transportation history.
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Rosendale's Cement Was Discovered by Canal Blasting
Rosendale's town history links D&H Canal lock construction, natural cement discovery, and the 1844 formation of the town around a booming industry.
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Marbletown's Stone Ridge and High Falls Story Starts in 1669
Marbletown's official history connects early settlement, hilly uplands, Esopus and Rondout waterways, Stone Ridge, High Falls, and Revolutionary-era government movement.
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New Paltz Stays Close to Huguenot Street
New Paltz's Huguenot Street keeps the Wallkill River patent story, stone houses, and museum work in view.
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Marbletown's Stone Ridge Story Is Built Into Main Street
Marbletown's story runs through Stone Ridge, early stone houses, old farms, and the Catskill-Shawangunk edge of Ulster County.
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Rosendale Cement Built a Town Identity
Rosendale's local story is industrial and geological: natural cement, D&H Canal construction, mines, kilns, and a town formed around the trade.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Hurley Has a Stone-House Street and an Ashokan Reservoir Scar
Hurley's town history ties Old Hurley stone houses, a brief capital moment, bluestone hamlets, and Ashokan Reservoir displacement into one local identity.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Lloyd Turns an Old Rail Bridge Into Daily Landscape
Lloyd's Highland side of the Walkway links rail history, community reuse, river views, and a trail system that makes the bridge part of everyday life.
Read this note ->Ulster County · Rules & Licenses
Plattekill Short-Term Rentals Now Need Town and County Steps
Plattekill owners running short-term rentals should check the town operating permit and Ulster County tax certificate requirements before keeping listings active.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $11–$26 per $1,000 in Ulster 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 $3,395–$7,930 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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