Hudson Valley
Palm Tree, New York
Palm Tree is a town in Orange County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 33,000 people as of the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Palm Tree sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Orange
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 32,954
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Palm Tree
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Palm Tree and Kiryas Joel share a municipal frame
Palm Tree's local identity is tied to Kiryas Joel, a coterminous village-town government, and everyday municipal services.
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Kiryas Joel Is Best Read Through Its Civic Map
Kiryas Joel has a compact civic identity where village services, Palm Tree town boundaries, and local government overlap closely.
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Woodbury Village Is Young, but the Crossroads Are Old
Woodbury village's 2006 incorporation sits on top of older hamlets, gateway roads, and a planning split that still shapes daily life.
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Blooming Grove Runs Through Moodna Creek
Blooming Grove's Orange County story links Moodna Creek, Washingtonville, Salisbury Mills, settlement memory, and growth pressure.
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Museum Village Gives Monroe a Hands-On Memory
Monroe's Orange County identity gathers Museum Village, lakefront recreation, and village-hamlet history into one local story.
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Woodbury Runs Through the Clove
Woodbury's local identity ties Woodbury Clove, Highland Mills, Central Valley, and an old stagecoach route together.
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Monroe village grew from a fire lesson
Monroe village history turns on a disastrous fire, a farming settlement, and the need for a volunteer fire district.
Read this note ->Orange County · History & Culture
Deerpark Is a River-and-Canal Town of Hamlets
Deerpark's own history reads like a map of rivers, Shawangunk slopes, Basha Kill wetlands, D&H Canal work, and hamlets.
Read this note ->Orange County · History & Culture
Washington's Headquarters: Newburgh's public historic treasure
George Washington spent the longest stretch of the Revolution at Newburgh's Hasbrouck House, later opened by New York as a public historic site.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $12–$12 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 $3,539–$3,539 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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