Finger Lakes
Starkey, New York
Starkey is a town in Yates County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 3,400 people as of the 2020 census.
Eleven glacial lakes lined with waterfalls, gorges, and the state's biggest wine country. Starkey sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Yates
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 3,407
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Starkey
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · The Outdoors
Seneca Lake Gives Geneva, Ovid, and Starkey One Shared Water Map
Seneca Lake gives Geneva, Ovid, Starkey, and nearby Finger Lakes towns a shared waterbody reference for fishing, travel, and lake planning.
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Milo Keeps County Memory Close at the Oliver House
Milo and Penn Yan keep county memory close through the Oliver House Museum and the long-running Yates County History Center collections.
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Hector Is Seneca Lake, Farm Ridge, and National Forest
Hector's story runs through military-tract naming, State Route 414 agriculture, Seneca Lake, wineries, and New York's national forest.
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Hector Mixes Seneca Lake Farms, Wine, and Forest
Hector's identity combines east Seneca Lake agriculture, winery growth along Route 414, Revolutionary-era land history, and the Finger Lakes National Forest.
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Milo Building Projects Run Through Development Services
Milo property owners should start building, zoning, fire-safety, and land-use questions with the Town of Milo Development Services office.
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Milo and Penn Yan Share the Keuka Outlet Thread
Milo and Penn Yan are tied together by the Keuka Outlet, a wooded trail corridor between Keuka and Seneca Lakes.
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Schuyler Septic Checks Run Through Watershed Protection
Schuyler County Public Health's Watershed Protection Agency handles water-quality services, property-transfer inspections, and wastewater permit sequencing.
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Dundee's Story Starts at Stark's Mill
Dundee's village identity includes Big Stream, Stark's Mill, incorporation in 1848, hard fires, and a position between Seneca and Keuka Lakes.
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Schuyler Floodplain Checks Need the Official Map and the Local Permit
Schuyler County buyers and builders should pair FEMA flood-map lookup with local floodplain permit questions before relying on a rough map.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $15–$15 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 $4,488–$4,488 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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