Hudson Valley
Kinderhook, New York
Kinderhook is a village in Columbia County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 1,200 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
- Village
- County
- Columbia
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 1,170
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Kinderhook
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Kinderhook Carries Presidential History in Village Scale
Kinderhook layers Martin Van Buren, Dutch houses, village greens, farms, and Columbia County civic memory into a compact place identity.
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Kinderhook Keeps Lindenwald Close to Main Street Memory
Kinderhook's identity is anchored by Martin Van Buren, Lindenwald, Old Post Road, and a national historic site that remains part of the local landscape.
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Chatham Still Reads Like a Rail Hub
Chatham's village story comes from railroad-era Main Street, Tracy Memorial Village Hall, old hotels, shops, and a compact Columbia County crossroads.
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Coxsackie's Village Core Still Faces the River
Coxsackie's village center keeps its Hudson River pattern visible through Reed Street, Riverside Park, and the old landing scale.
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Coxsackie Village Clerk Handles More Than Tax Counter Work
Coxsackie residents should know the village clerk route for village tax bills, water and sewer billing, reserve-a-truck, and reservoir fishing permits.
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Stockport is Columbia County creek-and-mill country
Stockport ties its 1833 formation, English name, Stockport Creek, Hudson River connection, and water-powered mill history.
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Ghent keeps a bandstand kind of town memory alive
Ghent Band gives the town a living civic tradition, with free concerts and a local music thread reaching back to 1899.
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Art Omi makes Ghent feel like an open-air arts campus
Art Omi gives Ghent Color through a 120-acre sculpture and architecture park, gallery, residencies, and arts education.
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Stuyvesant's Hamlets Shifted From Kinderhook Landing to Falls and River
Stuyvesant's local texture comes from its 1823 township date, Kinderhook-area roots, river landing names, Stuyvesant Landing, and Stuyvesant Falls.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $11–$22 per $1,000 in Columbia 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 $3,275–$6,502 a year before the STAR break. A village is assessed within its town; expect the town's rate plus a separate village tax.
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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