Western New York
Pomfret, New York
Pomfret is a town in Chautauqua County, in New York's Western New York region, home to about 13,000 people as of the 2020 census.
Niagara Falls, Buffalo, the Erie Canal, and the Concord-grape belt. Pomfret sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Chautauqua
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 13,035
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Pomfret
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Pomfret keeps Fredonia's opera-house story onstage
Pomfret's Fredonia story gathers Canadaway Creek, village history, and the 1891 Opera House into one local stage.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Dunkirk Follows Rail Freight to Lake Erie
Dunkirk's identity ties Lake Erie harbor shelter, railroad growth, locomotive production, and the Point Gratiot lighthouse story.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Fredonia Lit a Village From a Creekside Gas Well
Fredonia's natural-gas story starts with Canadaway Creek, hollowed-log pipe, village lights, and a young community willing to try big ideas.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Stockton Has a Kettle Lake Worth Noticing
Bear Lake gives Stockton a small but memorable outdoors clue: a glacial kettle lake with wetland shoreline and a quiet hand-launch feel.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Sheridan keeps the Lake Erie plain practical
Sheridan sits on the practical Lake Erie plain, with farms, roads, local government, and a town identity outside Dunkirk.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Portland rises from Lake Erie toward the escarpment
Portland reads as a rural Lake Erie town rising toward vineyards and the Chautauqua Escarpment.
Read this note ->Chautauqua County · History & Culture
Westfield Is Grapes, Portage, and Barcelona Light
Westfield's story connects the Portage Trail, Concord grapes, Welch's grape juice, Barcelona Harbor, and a rare natural-gas lighthouse.
Read this note ->Chautauqua County · History & Culture
Busti Turns at the Grist Mill
Busti's local identity is preserved through the 1839 grist mill, museum campus, miller's house, and Apple Harvest Festival.
Read this note ->Chautauqua County · History & Culture
Ellicott Runs Through Falconer and Lake Edges
Ellicott's identity mixes Chautauqua Lake shoreline, villages such as Falconer and Celoron, Holland Land Company history, and old manufacturing roots.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $19–$25 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 $5,797–$7,538 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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