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Olive, New York

Olive is a town in Ulster County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 4,200 people as of the 2020 census.

In New York the practical answer turns on the exact address — the school district, any village lines, and how the parcel is assessed all shape the tax bill. The snapshot and official links below are the place to start.

Type
Town
County
Ulster
Region
Hudson Valley
Population (2020)
4,226

Local Almanac

Notes in and around Olive

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

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This place · History & Culture

Olive Keeps Ashokan Reservoir Memory Beside the Meeting House

Olive’s Meeting House history places old church memory, Esopus Creek settlement, and Ashokan Reservoir change in the same town archive.

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Hurley Has a Stone-House Street and an Ashokan Reservoir Scar

Hurley's town history ties Old Hurley stone houses, a brief capital moment, bluestone hamlets, and Ashokan Reservoir displacement into one local identity.

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Marbletown's Stone Ridge and High Falls Story Starts in 1669

Marbletown's official history connects early settlement, hilly uplands, Esopus and Rondout waterways, Stone Ridge, High Falls, and Revolutionary-era government movement.

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Rochester's Accord and Kerhonkson Story Runs from Canal to O&W Rail

In Ulster County's Town of Rochester, the D&H Canal and later O&W Railway explain Accord, Kerhonkson, and Alligerville's historic pattern.

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Nearby · Home & Property

Rochester Permit Questions Start With Code Enforcement

In the Ulster County Town of Rochester, home projects and land-use questions should start with Code Enforcement, even when another board later reviews them.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Woodstock's Maverick story started with a farm and a well

Woodstock's town arts identity includes Hervey White's Maverick colony, festival, and concert series, a separate bohemian branch of the art-colony story.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Woodstock Was an Art Town Before It Was a Festival

Woodstock has been an artists' colony since 1902, and the famous 1969 festival was actually held about 60 miles away in Bethel, not here.

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Nearby · Home & Property

Shandaken Is a Catskill Town Where Flood Information Is Civic Memory

Shandaken's Catskill setting makes flood information part of ordinary civic knowledge alongside the town's regular property records.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Hurley's Stone Houses Keep the Past Close

Hurley's stone houses and temporary-capital memory make the town one of Ulster County's clearest old-settlement landscapes.

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Property tax snapshot

Roughly $13–$13 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 $3,857–$3,857 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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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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