Western New York
Rushford, New York
Rushford is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Allegany County, part of New York's Western New York region, with about 351 residents at 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
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Allegany
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 351
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Rushford
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
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Belfast went through a handful of names before it settled down
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Freedom Carries a Big Name in Cattaraugus Hill Country
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Hanging Bog Carries a CCC Imprint in Allegany County
Hanging Bog WMA in New Hudson folds CCC work, game-management history, marsh habitat, and wildlife viewing into one Allegany County landscape.
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Angelica's Park Circle makes the village readable
Angelica's octagonal green, old courthouse, fairgrounds, roque court, and antique-shop village center make local history unusually visible.
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Wellsville Still Shows Its Oil-Boom Bones
Wellsville's local texture connects Genesee River industry, oil-boom houses, the Sinclair refinery legacy, and emerging historic-district work.
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Alfred's Clay, Glass, and Campus Craft
Alfred's place identity is unusually tied to ceramics, glass, art, engineering, and the long presence of Alfred University.
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Cuba Has Cheese, Canal Water, and Ice
Cuba's local story ties cheese aging, Cuba Lake, and the Genesee Valley Canal into a compact Allegany County identity.
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Wellsville Code and Tax Questions Depend on the Line
Wellsville residents should check whether a question belongs to town offices, village code enforcement, assessor, clerk, or tax collector before assuming one desk handles it.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $23–$39 per $1,000 in Allegany 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 $6,847–$11,755 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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