Southern Tier
Smithville Flats, New York
Smithville Flats is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Chenango County, part of New York's Southern Tier region, with about 303 residents at the 2020 census.
Binghamton spiedies, Corning glass, and the wooded Pennsylvania border. Smithville Flats sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Chenango
- Region
- Southern Tier
- Population (2020)
- 303
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Smithville Flats
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Greene Has a Chenango River Valley Name and Hamlet Pattern
Greene's local identity includes its 1792 founding, Nathanael Greene name, village core, and a set of smaller hamlets.
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Marathon's Early Story Comes Up the Tioughnioga River
Marathon's official history begins with a family traveling by canoe up the Tioughnioga River in 1794.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Whitney Point Is Broome’s Flood-Control Lake Town
Whitney Point’s lake pairs recreation with a federal flood-control landscape on the Otselic River.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Bowman Lake makes McDonough feel like quiet Chenango woods
Bowman Lake State Park gives McDonough a quiet lake-and-woods identity with camping, trails, boating, and a rural state-park setting.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Triangle and Whitney Point Sit Where Flood Control Became Civic Geography
The Whitney Point area has local identity tied to flood-control infrastructure, recreation, and river-valley geography.
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Barker Has Hamlet Shape Instead of a Village Center
Barker's official town description points to hamlets, boundaries, and a Broome County edge rather than a single village center.
Read this note ->Nearby · Cars & Driving
Broome Mobile DMV Offices Are Walk-In Friendly, But Not Full-Service
Broome County says mobile DMV offices take walk-ins and cannot process Real ID, Enhanced licenses, reciprocity, permits, or enforcement work.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Long Pond Makes Smithville a Tiger Musky Map Pin
Long Pond State Forest's 117-acre pond, campsites, boat access, snowmobile corridor, and tiger musky history give Smithville a strong outdoor anchor.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Balsam Swamp Is More Pond and Platform Than Its Name Suggests
Balsam Swamp State Forest reaches four Chenango County towns and pairs primitive camping with Balsam Pond and an accessible fishing platform.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $21–$36 per $1,000 in Chenango 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 $6,203–$10,809 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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