Hudson Valley
Shandaken, New York
Shandaken is a town in Ulster County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 2,900 people as of the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Shandaken sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Ulster
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 2,866
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Shandaken
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · Home & Property
Shandaken Is a Catskill Town Where Flood Information Is Civic Memory
Shandaken's Catskill setting makes flood information part of ordinary civic knowledge alongside the town's regular property records.
Read this note ->This place · History & Culture
Shandaken is a string of Catskill hamlets
Shandaken's local texture comes from its creek valleys, railroad hamlets, old factory villages, and mountain roads more than from one central downtown.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Woodstock's Maverick story started with a farm and a well
Woodstock's town arts identity includes Hervey White's Maverick colony, festival, and concert series, a separate bohemian branch of the art-colony story.
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Woodstock Was an Art Town Before It Was a Festival
Woodstock has been an artists' colony since 1902, and the famous 1969 festival was actually held about 60 miles away in Bethel, not here.
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Olive Keeps Ashokan Reservoir Memory Beside the Meeting House
Olive’s Meeting House history places old church memory, Esopus Creek settlement, and Ashokan Reservoir change in the same town archive.
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Middletown follows Route 28, the East Branch, and Pepacton water
Delaware County's Middletown has a Catskill identity built from Route 28 hamlets, East Branch water, and Pepacton Reservoir edges.
Read this note ->Ulster County · 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.
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 ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $12–$14 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 $3,724–$4,310 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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