Mohawk Valley
Otter Lake, New York
Otter Lake is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Oneida County, part of New York's Mohawk Valley region, with about 109 residents at the 2020 census.
The Erie Canal corridor, Cooperstown, Utica comfort food, and rolling farm country. Otter Lake sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Oneida
- Region
- Mohawk Valley
- Population (2020)
- 109
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Otter Lake
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Forestport's story keeps changing boats, rails, and fire
Forestport's own timeline gives the town a lively Adirondack story of canal work, lumber, tourism, fires, rail service, and village government changes.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Old Forge Is Herkimer County’s Adirondack Front Porch
Old Forge gives Herkimer County an Adirondack identity built around the Fulton Chain, tourism services, and mountain access.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Lyons Falls Is a River Meeting Place
Lyons Falls grew where the Moose and Black rivers meet, with French refugees, Caleb Lyon, mills, bridges, and canal ambition in the story.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Port Leyden Still Has Black River Canal Locks
Port Leyden's Black River Canal remnants explain why a Lewis County river village once mattered to dairy, lumber, mills, and shipping.
Read this note ->Nearby · Home & Property
Town of Webb Permits Deserve a Local Check
Old Forge and Webb property projects should start with the town code route before assuming Adirondack parcels are informal.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Boonville remembers the Black River Canal in a museum
The Black River Canal Museum gives Boonville a concrete canal-history anchor in northern Oneida County.
Read this note ->Oneida County · History & Culture
Kirkland's College Hill Starts With Hamilton-Oneida
Kirkland's college-town feel grew from Hamilton-Oneida Academy, Clinton's village green, and a long local habit of mixing learning with civic life.
Read this note ->Oneida County · History & Culture
Verona's Canal Thread Runs Through Durhamville and Glass
Verona's older story links canal infrastructure, Durhamville, Dunbarton glass works, and Oneida County hamlet history.
Read this note ->Oneida County · History & Culture
Vernon's Track Sits on an Old Fairground Story
Vernon's identity links fertile creek country, an old town fair, and the harness-racing landmark now known as Vernon Downs.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $8–$29 per $1,000 in Oneida 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 $2,514–$8,842 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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