Western New York
Tonawanda, New York
Tonawanda is an American Indian reservation in Erie County, in New York's Western New York region.
Off-reservation parcels nearby follow Erie County and town rules; on-reservation land has its own status. Niagara Falls, Buffalo, the Erie Canal, and the Concord-grape belt.
- Type
- Reservation
- County
- Erie
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 20
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Tonawanda
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Royalton Grew Around Canal-Hamlet Work
Royalton's town history is canal-made, with many villages shaped by the Erie Canal and older crossroads at Royalton Center.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Shelby Shares Its Civic Map With Medina and Orleans County Farm Country
Shelby's rural town story runs through Orleans County farm roads and a shared civic edge with Medina.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Alabama’s Wetland Edge Belongs to Iroquois Refuge
Alabama gives Genesee County a wetland and refuge identity at the edge of the Tonawanda-Iroquois marsh landscape.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Newstead's Akron Center Grew From Early Church and School Roots
Newstead's Akron core has an early civic texture: Erie County church and school beginnings before later village growth.
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Pembroke Keeps Local Memory Inside the Town Offices
The Pembroke Museum gives the town a small but concrete local-history anchor inside municipal space.
Read this note ->Erie County · Home & Property
Erie Lead Checks Belong Before Older-Home Work
Erie County's LeadSAFE pages help families, landlords, and contractors ask the right lead questions before work starts.
Read this note ->Erie County · History & Culture
Kenmore Is Buffalo's Early Suburb
Kenmore's village identity grew from streetcar-era suburb building, incorporation, named roads, and a shared municipal building with Tonawanda.
Read this note ->Erie County · History & Culture
Depew Is Rails, Shops, and Transit Road
Depew's local identity straddles Lancaster and Cheektowaga while remembering the rail shops and industries that gave the village its name.
Read this note ->Erie County · Home & Property
Orchard Park Building and Tax Checks Start Early
Orchard Park owners should check town permit rules, zoning paths, tax-map details, and the online tax bill system before work or payment deadlines.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $13–$28 per $1,000 in Erie 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 $3,801–$8,277 a year before the STAR break. Reservation land has its own status; off-reservation parcels follow county and town rates.
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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