Mohawk Valley
Morris, New York
Morris is a town in Otsego County, in New York's Mohawk Valley region, home to about 1,700 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
- Otsego
- Region
- Mohawk Valley
- Population (2020)
- 1,735
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Morris
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Morris keeps its story in the Butternut Valley
Morris is easier to understand through the Butternut Valley, village streets, older buildings, and a small-town center that still holds the map.
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Pittsfield is a hamlet town on Otsego County's western edge
Pittsfield's official page frames the town through hamlets, western Otsego geography, old formation history, and careful road work.
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New Berlin Is a Chenango Upland Town With the Unadilla on Its Edge
New Berlin's town history frames the place through rolling uplands, Great Brook, and the Unadilla River boundary.
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Gilbertsville Carries a Planned-Village Feel
Gilbertsville's small size hides a strong historic-district feel, with architecture and street pattern doing much of the talking.
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Butternuts keeps town memory close to the counter
Butternuts' local memory has a neighborly Town Hall shape, with yearbooks, old maps, documents, photos, and a named town historian.
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Otego is a creek-and-rail town on the Susquehanna
Otego's local texture comes from the Susquehanna, Otsdawa Creek, early hamlets, and the 1866 railroad market shift.
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Laurens Keeps a Busy Mill-Village Memory
Laurens looks quiet now, but the village history remembers water-powered mills, foundry work, and a Main Street-sized civic calendar.
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The Day Babe Ruth Walked Into Cooperstown
The day the Baseball Hall of Fame opened in 1939, Babe Ruth and nine other living legends walked into a Cooperstown brick building that still anchors Main Street today.
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Springfield keeps Otsego Lake, Route 20, and July Fourth in one town story
Springfield's town identity comes from north Otsego Lake, Route 20, farming, Amish community life, and a long July Fourth tradition.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $17–$21 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 $5,008–$6,158 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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