Western New York
Oil Springs, New York
Oil Springs is an American Indian reservation in Allegany County, in New York's Western New York region.
Off-reservation parcels nearby follow Allegany County and town rules; on-reservation land has its own status. Niagara Falls, Buffalo, the Erie Canal, and the Concord-grape belt.
- Type
- Reservation
- County
- Allegany
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 7
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Oil Springs
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Cuba Has Cheese, Canal Water, and Ice
Cuba's local story ties cheese aging, Cuba Lake, and the Genesee Valley Canal into a compact Allegany County identity.
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Friendship Grew Along Van Campen Creek
Friendship's official pages connect its peaceful name to old conflicts, Van Campen Creek, early mills, taverns, and valley roads.
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Hinsdale Reads Through Creeks and Upland
Hinsdale's local shape comes through its hilly upland, creek junctions, and a name carried from New Hampshire.
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Hanging Bog Carries a CCC Imprint in Allegany County
Hanging Bog WMA in New Hudson folds CCC work, game-management history, marsh habitat, and wildlife viewing into one Allegany County landscape.
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Angelica's Park Circle makes the village readable
Angelica's octagonal green, old courthouse, fairgrounds, roque court, and antique-shop village center make local history unusually visible.
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Wellsville Still Shows Its Oil-Boom Bones
Wellsville's local texture connects Genesee River industry, oil-boom houses, the Sinclair refinery legacy, and emerging historic-district work.
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Alfred's Clay, Glass, and Campus Craft
Alfred's place identity is unusually tied to ceramics, glass, art, engineering, and the long presence of Alfred University.
Read this note ->Allegany County · Home & Property
Wellsville Code and Tax Questions Depend on the Line
Wellsville residents should check whether a question belongs to town offices, village code enforcement, assessor, clerk, or tax collector before assuming one desk handles it.
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Allegany Parcel Questions Start With Maps and Records
Allegany County property checks often start with Real Property tax maps, GIS mapping, and filed survey or oil-and-gas records.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $23–$39 per $1,000 in Allegany 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 $6,847–$11,755 a year before the STAR break. Reservation land has its own status; off-reservation parcels follow county and town rates.
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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