Finger Lakes
Shortsville, New York
Shortsville is a village in Ontario County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 1,400 people as of the 2020 census.
Eleven glacial lakes lined with waterfalls, gorges, and the state's biggest wine country. Shortsville sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Village
- County
- Ontario
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 1,400
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Shortsville
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Farmington's Quaker Crossroads Still Carry Reform Memory
Farmington's Quaker meetinghouse ties local settlement, reform movements, and crossroads geography into one civic memory.
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Canandaigua Holds Treaty Memory and Garden Views
Canandaigua's story connects the 1794 Pickering Treaty, lake-country civic planning, City Pier, and Sonnenberg Gardens.
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Canandaigua town reads as lake country with older civic roots
The town around Canandaigua Lake has its own civic story, with local history reaching back to a 1791 town formation.
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Manchester Permits Start with the Town Code Office
Manchester residents should separate building-permit questions, town/county taxes, water payments, dog licenses, and village-specific permit forms before starting paperwork.
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Canandaigua Town Transfer Station Rules Are Residency-Early
Canandaigua town residents using the recycling-transfer facility should check residency limits, permit requirements, posted hours, and residential-use restrictions early.
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Manchester's Railroad Memory Still Has a Roundhouse Shape
Manchester and Shortsville carry a rail-town identity through preserved railroad signs, park memory, and the old roundhouse story.
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Clifton Springs Built a Village Identity Around Water Cure Memory
Clifton Springs' identity is tied to mineral springs, Henry Foster's water cure, and the sanitarium legacy still visible downtown.
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Hopewell's story starts in the Phelps and Gorham Purchase
Hopewell's official town source ties the place to the Phelps and Gorham Purchase and early settlement.
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Canandaigua online payments have a city route
Canandaigua residents can use the city payment portal and department page as the official start for local payment questions.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $12–$34 per $1,000 in Ontario 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 $3,576–$10,115 a year before the STAR break. A village is assessed within its town; expect the town's rate plus a separate village tax.
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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