Hudson Valley
Lorenz Park, New York
Lorenz Park is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Columbia County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 2,000 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
- Columbia
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 2,001
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Lorenz Park
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Claverack's Name Still Carries Dutch Map Memory
Claverack's local identity starts with a hard-to-say Dutch place name tied to Hudson Valley maps, riverbank forms, and old landscape description.
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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.
Read this note ->Nearby · Rules & Licenses
Claverack Building Permits Start With the Town Forms
Before building, altering, signing, or seeking a variance in Claverack, start with the town's building, zoning, and planning form pages.
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Claverack Crosses the Creek on Shaw Bridge
Claverack's local identity includes Shaw Bridge, Claverack Creek, old courthouse memory, and a small-town connection to engineering and courts.
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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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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.
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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.
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 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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