Hudson Valley
Rifton, New York
Rifton is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Ulster County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 481 residents at the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Rifton sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Ulster
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 481
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Rifton
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Rosendale's Cement Was Discovered by Canal Blasting
Rosendale's town history links D&H Canal lock construction, natural cement discovery, and the 1844 formation of the town around a booming industry.
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Esopus Reads Like Water, High Banks, and Hamlets
Esopus has a layered river-town identity: eleven hamlets, Hudson views, high banks, Port Ewen, and the wooden Esopus Meadows Lighthouse.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
New Paltz Stays Close to Huguenot Street
New Paltz's Huguenot Street keeps the Wallkill River patent story, stone houses, and museum work in view.
Read this note ->Nearby · Home & Property
Hudson River Charm Still Needs a Flood Map Check
River-town buyers and renovators should check FEMA flood maps and local floodplain rules before treating a scenic Hudson address as ordinary property.
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Rosendale Cement Built a Town Identity
Rosendale's local story is industrial and geological: natural cement, D&H Canal construction, mines, kilns, and a town formed around the trade.
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High Falls Keeps Its D&H Canal Story by the Rondout
The D&H Canal Museum anchors High Falls in canal locks, Rondout movement, and preserved transportation history.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Hurley Has a Stone-House Street and an Ashokan Reservoir Scar
Hurley's town history ties Old Hurley stone houses, a brief capital moment, bluestone hamlets, and Ashokan Reservoir displacement into one local identity.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Lloyd Turns an Old Rail Bridge Into Daily Landscape
Lloyd's Highland side of the Walkway links rail history, community reuse, river views, and a trail system that makes the bridge part of everyday life.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Marbletown's Stone Ridge and High Falls Story Starts in 1669
Marbletown's official history connects early settlement, hilly uplands, Esopus and Rondout waterways, Stone Ridge, High Falls, and Revolutionary-era government movement.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $11–$26 per $1,000 in Ulster County
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $3,395–$7,930 a year before the STAR break. A hamlet has no government of its own — it's taxed at the rates of the town it sits in.
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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