Hudson Valley
Swan Lake, New York
Swan Lake is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Sullivan County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 372 residents at the 2020 census.
Whether you're moving in or you've been here for years, the checks that matter most are the school district, the assessment and STAR, and — outside the cities — the well, the septic, and the flood map.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Sullivan
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 372
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Swan Lake
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Liberty's Hamlets Grew Through Tanneries, Hotels, and Sanatoriums
Liberty's official history traces a Catskills arc from hemlock woods and tanneries to hotels, health institutions, and named hamlets.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Bethel's Festival Field Became a Long Memory
Bethel's identity still turns on how a Catskills field became a national music-history address.
Read this note ->Sullivan County · History & Culture
Highland Has a River-Edge Revolutionary Story
Highland's Delaware River edge carries hamlet life, the Minisink Ford Battleground, the Roebling Bridge, and a Revolutionary War memory close together.
Read this note ->Sullivan County · Cars & Driving
Sullivan DMV Is a Nine-Stop Appointment Errand
Sullivan County DMV users should use the county appointment route, know the nine local stops, and keep road-test questions with NYS DMV.
Read this note ->Sullivan County · History & Culture
Monticello's Broadway Tells a County-Seat Story
Monticello's Broadway core gives the village a county-seat feel built from old storefronts, public errands, and preservation work.
Read this note ->Sullivan County · History & Culture
Fallsburg's Route 42 Still Remembers Hotel Row
Fallsburg's Route 42 marker keeps Borscht Belt resort memory attached to South Fallsburg's everyday landscape.
Read this note ->Sullivan County · Money & Taxes
Sullivan Delinquent Taxes Route Through the Treasurer
Sullivan county and town back-tax checks start with the Treasurer lookup, but payment still has to run through the office.
Read this note ->Sullivan County · History & Culture
Thompson carries Catskills resort memory through Monticello
Thompson's local identity links Munsee Lenape presence, Dutch Pond settlement, Monticello, and the Borscht Belt marker work.
Read this note ->Sullivan County · History & Culture
Cochecton sits where Delaware River travel mattered early
Cochecton's town history layers Delaware River settlement, old land disputes, shad and fur trade, a turnpike, rafting, tanneries, and railroad memory.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $14–$25 per $1,000 in Sullivan 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 $4,338–$7,388 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.
Nearby
Nearby places
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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