Western New York
Sherman, New York
Sherman is a town in Chautauqua County, in New York's Western New York region, home to about 1,600 people as of the 2020 census.
Like the rest of upstate New York, an assessed value here usually isn't the market value; the state's equalization rate reconciles the two. The local rate is below, and the STAR program can lower the school-tax part of the bill.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Chautauqua
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 1,622
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Sherman
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Sherman's museum makes the 1800s walkable
Sherman's Yorker Museum gives the town a small, visitable history scene with restored buildings, a school, buggy shed, and Peter Ripley House.
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Westfield Is Grapes, Portage, and Barcelona Light
Westfield's story connects the Portage Trail, Concord grapes, Welch's grape juice, Barcelona Harbor, and a rare natural-gas lighthouse.
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Harmony's Story Sits in an Old Rural Campus
Harmony's local-history hook is a hands-on rural campus in Ashville, with old buildings, trails, records, and a shared story with North Harmony.
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North Harmony is Chautauqua Lake's quieter town side
North Harmony sits on Chautauqua Lake's quieter side, with Stow Road town offices grounding the lake-name geography.
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Chautauqua town is a lake resort community with a movement name
The Town of Chautauqua’s official site links the town name, the lake, the Institution, and the Chautauqua Movement.
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Mayville sits where county government meets Chautauqua Lake
Mayville sits where Chautauqua Lake village life and county-government errands meet.
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Clymer's old mill story starts on the Brokenstraw
Clymer's early story follows Peter Jaquins, the Brokenstraw, early mills, and a Chautauqua County town that grew from water power.
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Chautauqua Institution gives the lake a seasonal civic rhythm
Chautauqua Institution helps explain the lake community through programmed seasons, lectures, arts, and a built campus rhythm.
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Busti Turns at the Grist Mill
Busti's local identity is preserved through the 1839 grist mill, museum campus, miller's house, and Apple Harvest Festival.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $23–$25 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 $6,781–$7,387 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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