Adirondacks & North Country
Norfolk, New York
Norfolk 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 1,200 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)
- 1,238
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Norfolk
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
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Louisville Keeps the St. Lawrence and Grasse Rivers Together
Louisville's river setting ties St. Lawrence County town government to both riverfront and inland routes.
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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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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.
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Stockholm has a Buckton State Forest outdoor thread
Buckton State Forest gives Stockholm a direct outdoor anchor and a public-land thread.
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Stockholm's Name and Map Come From an 1806 Split
Stockholm’s official page explains its 1806 formation from Massena and its interior St. Lawrence County position.
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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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Norfolk Belongs in the Lower Raquette River Story
Norfolk is easier to read with DEC's lower Raquette River route in mind.
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Potsdam village permits start with code enforcement and forms
Potsdam village owners should use the code-enforcement and forms pages before filing building or local permit paperwork.
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Crane Gives Potsdam a Music-School Identity
SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music makes Potsdam feel like a small village with a major music-school presence.
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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