Adirondacks & North Country
Madrid, New York
Madrid is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in St. Lawrence County, part of New York's Adirondacks & North Country region, with about 736 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
- St. Lawrence
- Region
- Adirondacks & North Country
- Population (2020)
- 736
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Madrid
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Potsdam Is River, Falls, and Red Sandstone
Potsdam's identity joins the Raquette River, Fall Island, local red sandstone, and a college-town center.
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Ogdensburg Explains Why St. Lawrence County Had to Move Inland
St. Lawrence County history is partly a story of moving government from a border city to a more central county seat.
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Potsdam's College Village Has a Sandstone Backbone
Potsdam's identity combines North Country colleges with a building material that still marks the village landscape.
Read this note ->Nearby · Cars & Driving
St. Lawrence DMV Errands Are Split Across County Offices
St. Lawrence County drivers should check which DMV office fits the trip before heading to Canton by default.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Waddington Faces the St. Lawrence as a Working River
Waddington’s riverfront identity comes from living with a wide international river, recreation, and Seaway-scale movement.
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Waddington has Coles Creek as a St. Lawrence River anchor
Coles Creek State Park gives Waddington a direct St. Lawrence River anchor.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Madrid keeps North Country power and farm equipment on display
The St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum gives Madrid a hands-on agricultural and mechanical history anchor.
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Lisbon keeps a St. Lawrence River public-beach clue
Lisbon's town map includes municipal recreation on the St. Lawrence River side of the county.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Norfolk Belongs in the Lower Raquette River Story
Norfolk is easier to read with DEC's lower Raquette River route in mind.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $15–$44 per $1,000 in St. Lawrence 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 $4,502–$13,334 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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