Hudson Valley
Rhinebeck, New York
Rhinebeck is a town in Dutchess County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 7,600 people as of the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Rhinebeck sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Dutchess
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 7,596
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Rhinebeck
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Rhinebeck Keeps Early Flight Loud and Close
Rhinebeck's local identity has an unusual aviation layer: Pioneer-era machines, World War I aircraft, barnstorming, and museum culture in farm-country surroundings.
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Kingston Makes State History Walkable
Kingston's identity includes the Stockade district, Wiltwyck roots, and the Senate House role in New York's early government.
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Kingston's Rondout Waterfront Was a Canal Port
Kingston's Rondout story adds canal freight, immigrant labor, bluestone, and waterfront identity to the city's older Stockade layer.
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Clinton in Dutchess Is a Seven-Hamlet Town With Quaker Memory
Clinton town identity comes from George Clinton naming, seven hamlets, Quaker-built Upton Lake Grange, and a rural Dutchess setting.
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Clinton Dutchess is a town of hamlets and Quaker traces
Clinton's official history gives the town a map of hamlets, old precincts, and Quaker-linked buildings rather than one downtown center.
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Clinton building questions should start before the contractor starts
Town of Clinton owners should check the building department route before additions, repairs, or land-use work become expensive to unwind.
Read this note ->Dutchess County · Home & Property
Dutchess County Roads Can Trigger a Driveway Permit
If a Dutchess driveway, fence, or roadside project touches county right-of-way, check the county highway work permit before work starts.
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Red Hook's River Estates Still Shape the View
Red Hook's river edge includes Montgomery Place, where estate landscape, orchards, campus life, and Catskill views make the town feel distinct.
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Pleasant Valley's Hamlet Story Runs on Wappingers Creek
Pleasant Valley's local texture reaches from the old Charlotte hamlet name to churches, mills, roads, and Wappingers Creek water power.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $14–$21 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 $4,141–$6,164 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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