Tax parcel lookup for the Tug Hill Plateau, between the Adirondacks and Lake Ontario
Lewis County sits on the Tug Hill Plateau between the western Adirondacks and Lake Ontario, an area known for some of the heaviest lake-effect snowfall in the eastern United States. Lowville, the county seat, anchors a largely rural, agricultural county with far more farmland and forest than developed area.
NY Property Peek's dataset includes nearly 25,000 individual tax parcels across Lewis County, each with details like year built, square footage, bedroom and bathroom counts, and school district where available — pulled from New York State's statewide tax parcel records.
View the interactive map for Lewis County →NY Property Peek holds 24,688 tax parcel records for Lewis County, spread across 25 towns, cities and villages and 10 school districts. The median Lewis County parcel sits on 3.41 acres, has 1,480 sq ft of finished living space, and dates to 1965. The median full market value on file is $96,100.
Construction dates for the 12,702 Lewis County parcels whose records name a year built.
| Built | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1900 | 1,721 | 14% |
| 1900–1949 | 3,319 | 26% |
| 1950–1979 | 2,625 | 21% |
| 1980–1999 | 2,520 | 20% |
| 2000 or later | 2,517 | 20% |
The most common property classes among the 24,686 Lewis County parcels that carry one. New York State assigns every parcel a class code describing how it is used.
| Property class | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| One family year-round residence | 7,346 | 30% |
| Seasonal residences | 2,572 | 10% |
| Private wild and forest lands except for private hunting and fishing clubs | 1,537 | 6% |
| Rural vacant lots of 10 acres or less | 1,441 | 6% |
| Residential vacant land | 1,228 | 5% |
Where Lewis County's parcels are, by the municipality each one is assessed in.
| Municipality | Parcels | Share of county |
|---|---|---|
| Croghan | 2,652 | 11% |
| Watson | 2,362 | 10% |
| Diana | 2,256 | 9% |
| Greig | 2,089 | 8% |
| New Bremen | 1,583 | 6% |
| Village of Lowville | 1,345 | 5% |
| West Turin | 1,283 | 5% |
| Denmark | 1,230 | 5% |
Every figure above is counted directly from the 24,688 Lewis County records in this site's copy of New York State's statewide tax parcel dataset — none of it is estimated or modelled. Assessment records are a snapshot of what each assessor filed, so an individual parcel can be out of date or incomplete. Nothing here is a title search or a legal description of a property.