Western New York
Independence, New York
Independence is a town in Allegany County, in New York's Western New York region, home to about 1,100 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
- Allegany
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 1,085
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Independence
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Wellsville Still Shows Its Oil-Boom Bones
Wellsville's local texture connects Genesee River industry, oil-boom houses, the Sinclair refinery legacy, and emerging historic-district work.
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Wellsville Code and Tax Questions Depend on the Line
Wellsville residents should check whether a question belongs to town offices, village code enforcement, assessor, clerk, or tax collector before assuming one desk handles it.
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Andover sits on Allegany County's eastern edge
Andover's local identity starts with its eastern Allegany County setting, 1824 formation, village center, and later Wellsville boundary change.
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Angelica's Park Circle makes the village readable
Angelica's octagonal green, old courthouse, fairgrounds, roque court, and antique-shop village center make local history unusually visible.
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Alfred's Clay, Glass, and Campus Craft
Alfred's place identity is unusually tied to ceramics, glass, art, engineering, and the long presence of Alfred University.
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Cuba Has Cheese, Canal Water, and Ice
Cuba's local story ties cheese aging, Cuba Lake, and the Genesee Valley Canal into a compact Allegany County identity.
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Friendship Grew Along Van Campen Creek
Friendship's official pages connect its peaceful name to old conflicts, Van Campen Creek, early mills, taverns, and valley roads.
Read this note ->Allegany County · Home & Property
Allegany Parcel Questions Start With Maps and Records
Allegany County property checks often start with Real Property tax maps, GIS mapping, and filed survey or oil-and-gas records.
Read this note ->Allegany County · Cars & Driving
Allegany DMV testing has an earlier CDL clock
Allegany County DMV customers should separate Belmont office hours, CDL testing hours, and other testing hours before leaving home.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $26–$34 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 $7,920–$10,124 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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