Western New York
North Collins, New York
North Collins is a town in Erie County, in New York's Western New York region, home to about 3,500 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
- Erie
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 3,504
Local Almanac
Notes in and around North Collins
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This place · History & Culture
North Collins Has Both a Town and Village Story
North Collins has a rural Erie County town story with a village layer inside it, which matters for offices, roads, taxes, and daily local life.
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Eden's Mill Story Runs Up Eighteen Mile Creek
Eden's official history makes Eighteen Mile Creek the thread linking early settlement, early mills, and the town's farm identity.
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Collins Sits Where Erie County Ends at Cattaraugus Creek
Collins' own site explains a southern Erie County town formed from Concord, later split from North Collins, and shaped by Cattaraugus Creek and reservation land.
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Concord Holds Springville, Zoar Valley, and Early Erie County Memory
Concord's official history connects a large southern Erie town to Springville, early schools, early fairground memory, and Zoar Valley.
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Boston's Town Hall Sits at the Old Ridge-and-Lake Crossroads
Boston's town story starts with early Johnson-family settlement and a civic center that still reads as a south Erie County hill-town crossroads.
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Boston Keeps Erie County's Hill-Country Memory Close
Boston's local texture comes from early settlement, hill roads, church memory, and old cemeteries south of Buffalo.
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Collins is a Southtown with creek and reservation edges
Collins' local texture comes from Erie County's southern line, Cattaraugus Creek, Gowanda, and reservation-edge geography.
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Eden's Kazoo Story Starts As Sheet Metal Work
Eden's local identity includes a working kazoo factory that began with sheet-metal shop craft, not just a quirky roadside stop.
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Brant Keeps Local Memory in a Town Hall Room
Brant and Farnham keep local history close to home through a Town Hall historical room, old community photos, booklets, and public Monday visits.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $16–$20 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 $4,684–$6,035 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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