Central New York
Marcellus, New York
Marcellus is a town in Onondaga County, in New York's Central New York region, home to about 6,100 people as of the 2020 census.
Whether you're moving in or you've been here for years, the checks that matter most are the school district, the assessment and STAR, and — outside the cities — the well, the septic, and the flood map.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Onondaga
- Region
- Central New York
- Population (2020)
- 6,066
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Marcellus
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Marcellus Is Military Tract Land Cut by Nine Mile Creek Mills
Marcellus' identity joins the Military Tract naming pattern with the creek valley, mills, paper work, and Marcellus Falls waterpower.
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Marcellus Has a Nature-Center Doorway at Baltimore Woods
Baltimore Woods gives Marcellus a public identity around trails, environmental education, and a long-running nature-center landscape.
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Marcellus Starts With Nine Mile Creek
Marcellus' town identity is tied to Nine Mile Creek, old mills, village waterpower, and a valley that shaped local settlement.
Read this note ->Nearby · Home & Property
Skaneateles Building Projects Start With Codes, Not Guesswork
Skaneateles owners should check town or village code offices before construction, alterations, occupancy changes, or shoreline-adjacent work gets expensive.
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Skaneateles Town Is a Lake, a Creek, and a Waterpower Drop
Skaneateles' town historian connects the long glacial lake to creek-powered mills, Syracuse water, and the town's tourism turn.
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Camillus Crosses Nine Mile Creek by Canal
Camillus's local story keeps the Erie Canal close to Nine Mile Creek through Sims' Store, the aqueduct, and canal park trails.
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Onondaga Needs a Careful Map
Onondaga's local story asks readers to keep Onondaga Hill, town government, and Onondaga Nation context distinct but close.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
The lake so clean Syracuse drinks it straight
Syracuse's watershed materials describe Skaneateles Lake as clear enough to use without a filter plant before it reaches city taps — and the village at its north end shares the same sparkling shoreline.
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Camillus Keeps Its Canal Story at Nine Mile Creek
Camillus keeps Erie Canal history close through Sims Store Museum, the 1842 Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct, town park access, and the wider Old Erie Canal corridor.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $17–$29 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 $5,078–$8,564 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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