Essex Town, NY Public Records
Essex Town is a town with its own local government in Essex County, New York, with an estimated population of 612 (U.S. Census Bureau, July 2024 estimate) and 31.6 square miles of land.
🏢 Essex Town Hall
Essex Town's own town government keeps its local records: council or board meeting minutes, local ordinances and resolutions, local permits and licenses, and its own budget and contracts. Requests for those records go to the town clerk under New York's Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). In New York, city, town and village clerks commonly serve as the local registrar of vital statistics (birth and death records for events in that municipality), and town and city clerks issue marriage licenses, so ask the clerk's office first.
📇 Essex Town Contact on File
| Government | Town Of Essex |
| Contact listed | Town Supervisor |
| Mailing address | PO Box 355, Essex, NY 12936 |
| Phone | Not stated |
| Official website | Not stated |
| Source | U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units listing ↗ |
This is the mailing address the government reported to the U.S. Census Bureau; it may be a post office box or the office of an elected official rather than a public counter, and the source does not list a phone number. Call or check the official website before you visit.
↑ Back to record types🏛️ County Courthouse & Records Office for Essex
Essex Town is in Essex County. In New York, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the County Clerk (in New York City, the Office of the City Register). Divorce cases in New York are heard by the New York State Supreme Court in each county. Wills and estates in New York are handled by the Surrogate's Court in each county.
📍 Essex County at a Glance
| County | Essex County |
| County population (2024 est.) | 36,744 Source: www2.census.gov ↗ |
🏛️ Essex County Government Office
| Government | County Of Essex |
| Contact listed | County Manager |
| Mailing address | PO Box 217, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 |
| Official website | www.co.essex.ny.us |
| Source | U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units listing ↗ |
We have not yet added the courthouse and records-office directory for Essex County. The county government above can direct you to the right office, and the county page links to the official state court system.
See the full Essex County records page →
↑ Back to record types📋 Where to Get Records for Essex
Where to get the most-requested public records for people and property in Essex, NY:
📋 Essex Records Guide
| Birth & death certificates | New York State Department of Health – Vital RecordsIn New York, city, town and village clerks commonly serve as the local registrar of vital statistics (birth and death records for events in that municipality), and town and city clerks issue marriage licenses, so ask the clerk's office first. |
| Deeds & property records | In New York, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the County Clerk (in New York City, the Office of the City Register). |
| Court cases & divorce | Essex County courthouse. Divorce cases in New York are heard by the New York State Supreme Court in each county. |
| Wills & estates | Wills and estates in New York are handled by the Surrogate's Court in each county. |
| State court system | New York State Unified Court System |
| Sex offender registry | New York State Sex Offender Registry (DCJS) |