Hudson Valley
Putnam Valley, New York
Putnam Valley is a town in Putnam County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 12,000 people as of the 2020 census.
Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Putnam Valley sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Putnam
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 11,762
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Notes in and around Putnam Valley
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Putnam Valley Circles Lake Oscawana
Putnam Valley's identity links its Quincy name, Lake Oscawana, rural roads, and local history collections.
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Philipstown Carries Foundry Brook and Civil War Iron
Philipstown's Cold Spring story connects Foundry Brook, river shipping, Civil War ordnance, industrial ruins, and a National Historic Landmark landscape.
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Carmel Gathers Revolutionary Memory by Lake Gleneida
The Sybil Ludington statue gives Carmel a visible Revolutionary memory on the Lake Gleneida shore.
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Hudson River Charm Still Needs a Flood Map Check
River-town buyers and renovators should check FEMA flood maps and local floodplain rules before treating a scenic Hudson address as ordinary property.
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Boscobel Gives Philipstown a House-and-Hudson Story
Boscobel gives Philipstown a Hudson-facing house, garden, and cultural landscape layer beyond the Cold Spring village center.
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Manitoga gives Philipstown a design-in-the-woods story
Manitoga gives Philipstown a Russel Wright house, woodland paths, and a design landscape in the Hudson Highlands.
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Carmel’s Lake Gleneida Gives the Hamlet a Shoreline
Carmel’s central hamlet reads differently when Lake Gleneida is treated as a public landscape marker, not background water.
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Cold Spring's History Museum Keeps Putnam Memory Close
Putnam History Museum gives Cold Spring a grounded route into Hudson Highlands, county, and West Point Foundry history.
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Cold Spring’s Main Street Points to River and Foundry Memory
Cold Spring’s village texture comes from a tight Hudson River main street layered with foundry and preservation history.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $16–$28 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 $4,677–$8,311 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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