Finger Lakes
Attica, New York
Attica is a town in Wyoming County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 5,800 people as of 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
- Town
- County
- Wyoming
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 5,790
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Attica
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Attica's Museum Parlor and Prison Records Tell Two Institutional Stories
Attica's local historical society and state archives show a town remembered through both community collecting and a major twentieth-century prison institution.
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Attica Has a Town-and-Village Civic Map
Attica's civic identity includes town and village government, Wyoming County community life, and ordinary hometown work.
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Bennington's town site keeps rural services visible
Bennington's NY town source shows a Wyoming County government hub for town clerk, zoning, water, highway, historian, park, and county routing.
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Warsaw's Center Is a Real Civic Circle
Warsaw's local identity gathers around Monument Circle, county-seat functions, Route 19 and 20A, and a compact civic downtown.
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Warsaw is Wyoming County's civic center and a town in its own right
Warsaw carries a town-and-village identity while also gathering many Wyoming County civic errands in one familiar place.
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Wyoming Still Uses the Gaslight Village Story
Wyoming's village identity turns on early natural gas, gas streetlights, Oatka Creek country, and a historic district.
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Sheldon keeps rural town government visible in western Wyoming County
Sheldon has practical rural texture: town offices, local roads, and county layers in western Wyoming County.
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Wyoming building permits pull zoning and inspections together
Wyoming County building projects should keep municipal zoning, the Building Codes office, permit fees, and inspection scheduling in one folder.
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Alexander keeps its civic life in a cobblestone school
Alexander's Town Hall began as an 1837 cobblestone school, turning the town's crossroads, education, museum, and civic work into one building.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $23–$27 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 $6,865–$7,973 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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