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Hudson Valley

North Salem, New York

North Salem is a town in Westchester County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 5,200 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
Westchester
Region
Hudson Valley
Population (2020)
5,243
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Local Almanac

Notes in and around North Salem

Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.

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This place · History & Culture

North Salem's Titicus Valley Story Explains the Rural Feel

North Salem's rural feel comes from Titicus River Valley settlement, the Oblong boundary story, and a landscape of older roads and farms.

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North Salem’s map collection makes the old-road landscape legible

North Salem's official map page shows how old roads, boundaries, and settlement still shape the town.

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This place · Home & Property

North Salem owners should use town pages before relying on rural assumptions

North Salem property questions should start with official town pages because old roads, maps, and rural character do not answer permits by themselves.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Somers Stands by the Elephant Hotel

Somers's local identity connects Elephant Hotel circus memory with town offices, the historical society, and nearby Muscoot Farm.

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Southeast Stops at Brewster Station

Southeast's Brewster identity links railroad naming, Old Town Hall, Tilly Foster minerals, circus memory, and local preservation.

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Brewster is Putnam's railroad door

Brewster's identity is still tied to being a compact railroad village at Putnam County's eastern edge.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Lewisboro's Lakes Sit on Old Borderlands

Lewisboro's lakes, old boundary disputes, and hamlet history make the town a watershed-and-borderlands place.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Carmel’s Lake Gleneida Gives the Hamlet a Shoreline

Carmel’s central hamlet reads differently when Lake Gleneida is treated as a public landscape marker, not background water.

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Nearby · The Outdoors

Lasdon gives Somers a garden-and-memorial landscape

Lasdon Public Gardens and Veterans Memorial gives the Somers area gardens, county parkland, and public memorial space.

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Property tax snapshot

Roughly $24–$26 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 $7,126–$7,798 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.

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Hamlet (CDP) · Westchester County · 4,511

Lewisboro

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Brewster Heights

Hamlet (CDP) · Putnam County · 1,076

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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