Hudson Valley
Wawarsing, New York
Wawarsing is a town in Ulster County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 13,000 people as of the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Wawarsing sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Ulster
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 12,771
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Wawarsing
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Wawarsing Climbs to Sam's Point
Wawarsing's Shawangunk edge links Cragsmoor, ice caves, pine barrens, and Rondout Valley canal memory.
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Rochester's Accord and Kerhonkson Story Runs from Canal to O&W Rail
In Ulster County's Town of Rochester, the D&H Canal and later O&W Railway explain Accord, Kerhonkson, and Alligerville's historic pattern.
Read this note ->Nearby · Home & Property
Rochester Permit Questions Start With Code Enforcement
In the Ulster County Town of Rochester, home projects and land-use questions should start with Code Enforcement, even when another board later reviews them.
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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.
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Rochester In Ulster Is Old Stone House Country
Rochester's identity in Ulster County is built from Accord, Kerhonkson, hamlets, and a dense layer of old stone houses.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Rosendale's Cement Was Discovered by Canal Blasting
Rosendale's town history links D&H Canal lock construction, natural cement discovery, and the 1844 formation of the town around a booming industry.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Hurley Has a Stone-House Street and an Ashokan Reservoir Scar
Hurley's town history ties Old Hurley stone houses, a brief capital moment, bluestone hamlets, and Ashokan Reservoir displacement into one local identity.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Lloyd Turns an Old Rail Bridge Into Daily Landscape
Lloyd's Highland side of the Walkway links rail history, community reuse, river views, and a trail system that makes the bridge part of everyday life.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Marbletown's Stone Ridge and High Falls Story Starts in 1669
Marbletown's official history connects early settlement, hilly uplands, Esopus and Rondout waterways, Stone Ridge, High Falls, and Revolutionary-era government movement.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $17–$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 $5,173–$6,827 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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