Southern Tier
Pharsalia, New York
Pharsalia is a town in Chenango County, in New York's Southern Tier region, home to about 516 people as of the 2020 census.
Binghamton spiedies, Corning glass, and the wooded Pennsylvania border. Pharsalia sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Chenango
- Region
- Southern Tier
- Population (2020)
- 516
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Pharsalia
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This place · The Outdoors
Pharsalia Woods Turns Round Pond Into a Birding Balcony
DEC's Pharsalia Woods page ties the Round Pond viewing platform, sandhill cranes, the Finger Lakes Trail, and CCC truck-road access together.
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Balsam Swamp Is More Pond and Platform Than Its Name Suggests
Balsam Swamp State Forest reaches four Chenango County towns and pairs primitive camping with Balsam Pond and an accessible fishing platform.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Bowman Lake makes McDonough feel like quiet Chenango woods
Bowman Lake State Park gives McDonough a quiet lake-and-woods identity with camping, trails, boating, and a rural state-park setting.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Cincinnatus Keeps the Otselic River in the Center of the Story
Cincinnatus’s town homepage makes the Otselic River, school, town hall, meetings, permits, and budget materials part of one civic story.
Read this note ->Nearby · Money & Taxes
Cincinnatus Notices Are Worth Checking Before an Assessment Errand
Cincinnatus posts assessment, clerk-office, water-report, meeting, permit, and budget pointers directly on its town homepage.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Cuyler Hill Preserves a Natural Area Inside a Big Trail Forest
Cuyler Hill State Forest spans the Cortland-Chenango line, with 5,507 acres, 8.5 miles of Finger Lakes Trail, and a 20-acre natural area.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Taylor Valley Keeps the Cheningo CCC Story on the Landscape
Taylor Valley State Forest connects Cuyler, Solon, Taylor, and Truxton with Cheningo day use, snowmobile trails, glacial landforms, and CCC history.
Read this note ->Chenango County · History & Culture
Greene Has a Chenango River Valley Name and Hamlet Pattern
Greene's local identity includes its 1792 founding, Nathanael Greene name, village core, and a set of smaller hamlets.
Read this note ->Chenango County · History & Culture
Norwich Keeps Local Memory at Guernsey Library
Norwich's Guernsey Library story ties an early frame house, donated courthouse land, public library purpose, and local-history room together.
Read this note ->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 $7,104–$7,932 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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