Hudson Valley
West Kill, New York
West Kill is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Greene County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 121 residents at the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. West Kill sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Greene
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 121
Local Almanac
Notes in and around West Kill
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Roxbury's Big Names Sit in a Small Mountain Town
Roxbury's history carries Jay Gould, John Burroughs, hamlets, mountains, and a village-scale Catskills feel.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Middletown follows Route 28, the East Branch, and Pepacton water
Delaware County's Middletown has a Catskill identity built from Route 28 hamlets, East Branch water, and Pepacton Reservoir edges.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Prattsville Keeps Zadock Pratt in Its Village Memory
The Zadock Pratt Museum gives Prattsville a concrete civic story around tanning, Catskill industry, and named local memory.
Read this note ->Greene County · History & Culture
Coxsackie's Reed Street still faces the Hudson
Coxsackie's riverfront identity is still readable in Reed Street's old mercantile blocks, Hudson landing pattern, and compact downtown scale.
Read this note ->Greene County · History & Culture
Catskill's Thomas Cole Story Starts With the View
Catskill's identity connects the Hudson, Catskill Creek, mountain views, and Thomas Cole's home at the root of the Hudson River School.
Read this note ->Greene County · History & Culture
Coxsackie's Bronck Farmstead keeps Dutch history visible
Coxsackie's local memory runs through the Bronck Museum, Dutch farm buildings, and a Coxsackie valley settlement story older than most upstate houses.
Read this note ->Greene County · History & Culture
Cairo is crossroads Catskills
Cairo's identity gathers around Routes 23, 32, and 145, resort hamlets, Round Top, and a short-lived railroad built for local work.
Read this note ->Greene County · The Outdoors
Hunter Is Kaaterskill Clove
Hunter's local identity is shaped by Kaaterskill Wild Forest, dramatic clove roads, high Catskill terrain, and the careful management of a famous waterfall.
Read this note ->Greene County · History & Culture
Tannersville Painted Its Mountain Main Street Bright
Tannersville's painted Main Street, Catskill arts spaces, mountain arboretum, and rail-trail memory give the village a bright mountain-top identity.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $10–$22 per $1,000 in Greene 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 $2,973–$6,669 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.
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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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