Hudson Valley
Claverack-Red Mills, New York
Claverack-Red Mills is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Columbia County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 953 residents at the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Claverack-Red Mills sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Columbia
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 953
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Claverack-Red Mills
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Claverack's Name Still Carries Dutch Map Memory
Claverack's local identity starts with a hard-to-say Dutch place name tied to Hudson Valley maps, riverbank forms, and old landscape description.
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Athens Looks Across the Hudson With Working-River Memory
Athens carries its river identity through ferry history, shipbuilding, brick making, ice harvesting, waterfront buildings, and an active arts center.
Read this note ->Nearby · Rules & Licenses
Claverack Building Permits Start With the Town Forms
Before building, altering, signing, or seeking a variance in Claverack, start with the town's building, zoning, and planning form pages.
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Claverack Crosses the Creek on Shaw Bridge
Claverack's local identity includes Shaw Bridge, Claverack Creek, old courthouse memory, and a small-town connection to engineering and courts.
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How Nantucket whalers built Hudson — and antique dealers brought it back
Hudson was founded in 1783 by Nantucket whaling families who wanted a safe harbor inland from the sea. Two centuries later, antique dealers on Warren Street helped revive the old port town.
Read this note ->Nearby · Home & Property
Athens Village Projects Need Code and Clerk Checks
In Athens village, project planning should start with the clerk, code office, and historic-district permit rules before work begins.
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Greenport Wraps Hudson Views Around Farms, College, and Olana
Greenport town is a ring around Hudson: Olana, Columbia-Greene Community College, conservation land, farms, and river views.
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Athens Was a Hudson River Work Village
Athens faces the Hudson with a working-waterfront past of ferry traffic, shipbuilding, brick making, and ice harvesting.
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Claverack Has a County-Seat Echo Without the County Seat
Claverack's old courthouse memory, Dutch place name, farms, and creek roads make it a quiet Columbia County history map.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $11–$22 per $1,000 in Columbia 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 $3,275–$6,502 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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