Southern Tier
Kortright, New York
Kortright is a town in Delaware County, in New York's Southern Tier region, home to about 1,500 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
- Delaware
- Region
- Southern Tier
- Population (2020)
- 1,544
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Kortright
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Kortright once had a turnpike running through its middle
Kortright's story includes a 1793 formation date, a Catskill-to-Unadilla turnpike, stage travel, Bloomville, and old farm roads.
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Harpersfield keeps Delaware County's old-town memory
Harpersfield's town history reaches back to John Harper, 1760s land agreements, an 1771 house, and the claim of being Delaware County's original town.
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Hobart Turned Main Street Into a Book Village
Hobart's identity pairs Delaware County farm country with a cluster of independent bookstores and a literary festival on Main Street.
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Hanford Mills keeps East Meredith's water-powered work in motion
Hanford Mills gives Meredith a working Catskills museum of sawmill, gristmill, woodworking, and rural industrial memory.
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Davenport keeps local memory in the historian's office
Davenport keeps local memory close to Town Hall, with a historian and historical society giving old records a real public doorway.
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Bovina's History Stays Close to the Town Historian
Bovina's official history page keeps town historian work, dairy memory, one-room schools, floods, bridges, and Bovina Center institutions close to local life.
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Stamford's Map Crosses Village Lines, Routes, and Utsayantha
Stamford combines a split village boundary, Routes 23 and 10, rural Catskills identity, and Utsayantha mountain memory.
Read this note ->Delaware County · History & Culture
Walton's Theatre Is a Village Hall Comeback Story
Walton's theater history links village offices, a 1912 fire, local voting, movies, stage use, and restoration work that still shapes downtown.
Read this note ->Delaware County · Home & Property
Delhi Property Checks Start With Village Hall and COMIT
Delhi village property questions should pair Village Hall basics with Delaware County tax mapping and COMIT parcel, wetland, and aerial layers.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $17–$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 $5,194–$6,115 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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