Central New York
Spafford, New York
Spafford is a town in Onondaga County, in New York's Central New York region, home to about 1,600 people as of the 2020 census.
Syracuse, Finger Lakes edges, and quiet countryside. Spafford sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Onondaga
- Region
- Central New York
- Population (2020)
- 1,588
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Spafford
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · Home & Property
Skaneateles Building Projects Start With Codes, Not Guesswork
Skaneateles owners should check town or village code offices before construction, alterations, occupancy changes, or shoreline-adjacent work gets expensive.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Skaneateles Town Is a Lake, a Creek, and a Waterpower Drop
Skaneateles' town historian connects the long glacial lake to creek-powered mills, Syracuse water, and the town's tourism turn.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Moravia Has a Gorge Right in the Town Story
Fillmore Glen State Park gives Moravia a close-at-hand gorge, waterfall, camping, and creek story.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Marcellus Is Military Tract Land Cut by Nine Mile Creek Mills
Marcellus' identity joins the Military Tract naming pattern with the creek valley, mills, paper work, and Marcellus Falls waterpower.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Otisco Reads Through a Smaller Finger Lake
Otisco Lake gives the Town of Otisco a distinct Finger Lakes identity on the southern edge of Onondaga County.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Marcellus Has a Nature-Center Doorway at Baltimore Woods
Baltimore Woods gives Marcellus a public identity around trails, environmental education, and a long-running nature-center landscape.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Marcellus Starts With Nine Mile Creek
Marcellus' town identity is tied to Nine Mile Creek, old mills, village waterpower, and a valley that shaped local settlement.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Tully Lake Sits on a Glacial Water Divide
Tully's local outdoors story is a kettlehole-lake landscape where ice fishing, aquifers, and a watershed divide meet.
Read this note ->Onondaga County · History & Culture
Elbridge Explains Itself Through Creeks, Canal Villages, and Route 5
Elbridge has a two-village pattern shaped by Skaneateles Creek, Jordan canal commerce, Route 5, and a glacial drumlin landscape.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $14–$23 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 $4,199–$6,806 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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