Finger Lakes
Palmyra, New York
Palmyra is a town in Wayne County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 7,400 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
- Wayne
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 7,403
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Palmyra
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Palmyra's Four Corners Make the Canal Village Stick
Palmyra's identity is easy to remember: four corner churches, a historic flagpole, and a canal-village setting in western Wayne County.
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Macedon's Old Lock Stone Still Tells the Story
Macedon's Erie Canal story is unusually touchable, with Lock 60, Lock 30, old towpath stone, and local marker history close together.
Read this note ->Nearby · Home & Property
Manchester Permits Start with the Town Code Office
Manchester residents should separate building-permit questions, town/county taxes, water payments, dog licenses, and village-specific permit forms before starting paperwork.
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Marion Calls Itself the Heart of Wayne County for a Reason
Marion's official site presents a central Wayne County town with an agricultural heritage, small-town civic identity, and 1820s roots.
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Arcadia Opens at the Canal Port
Arcadia's Newark canal story links Erie Canal work, village growth, and a museum that keeps local industries visible.
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Manchester's Railroad Memory Still Has a Roundhouse Shape
Manchester and Shortsville carry a rail-town identity through preserved railroad signs, park memory, and the old roundhouse story.
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Macedon's Old Lock 60 Makes Canal Engineering Visible
Macedon has direct canal-engineering texture through Enlarged Erie Lock 60, one of the corridor's surviving stone lock sites.
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Newark's Erie Canal Port Still Shapes the Village
Newark's village center reads as a canal place, with waterfront access and older commercial blocks reinforcing the pattern.
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Wayne Assessment Rolls Let Marion and Wolcott Owners Check the Annual Roll
Wayne County posts annual tentative and final assessment-roll routes, including town-specific links for Marion and Wolcott.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $22–$27 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 $6,646–$8,111 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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