Hudson Valley
Scotchtown, New York
Scotchtown is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Orange County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 10,500 residents at the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Scotchtown sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Orange
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 10,578
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Scotchtown
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · Home & Property
Orange Fill Work Needs Floodplain and Wetland Map Checks
Before filling, grading, or building near water in Orange County, check FEMA flood maps and environmental layers before local permits.
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Hamptonburgh keeps its town center in Campbell Hall
Hamptonburgh starts with a rural Orange County town government centered around Campbell Hall rather than a single dense village core.
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Orange County DMV Has Office and Mobile Routes
Orange County DMV errands can use fixed offices or the mobile unit, but permits and CDL testing may need appointment planning.
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Crawford's Earliest Map Follows the Dwaar Kill and Mills
Crawford's town historian traces the town from wooded, rocky settlement to named kills, mills, and farm migration routes.
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Goshen Circles the Track
Goshen's harness-racing identity gathers the Historic Track, museum, and Main Street horse-country memory.
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Wallkill Crosses Route 211 and the Older Valley
Wallkill's identity sits between Route 211 retail movement, Wallkill Valley farm settlement, and older river-town texture.
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Goshen's Horse Country Is a County-Seat Clue
Goshen's Historic Track and harness-racing identity give Orange County's seat a sharper local texture than courthouse-town alone.
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Middletown Keeps an Old Erie Station Inside the Library
Middletown's story comes from Minisink roads, rail arrival, downtown change, and reuse of older civic buildings.
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Middletown's Paramount Is a Downtown Landmark
The Paramount Theatre gives Middletown a restored downtown arts landmark tied to local architecture and civic support.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $12–$33 per $1,000 in Orange 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 $3,539–$9,891 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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