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Pictures on
this page
Cayuga Lake Sunrise
Covert Baptist Church
Route 96 at
West Covert Road
Covert Municipal Building
8469 S Main Street
Highway Department preparing
for snowy roads.
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Welcome
To the Town of Covert Home Page

2010 Town of Covert 10-wheel truck
Please
note:
A number
of forms relating to the
Town Clerk's Office have been posted
on the Town Clerk page.
Please click on the link at left.
Communities and
locations in Covert
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Bergen Beach
– On the shore of Cayuga Lake.
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Cold Springs –
On the lake
shore south of Bergen Beach.
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Covert – The hamlet of Covert is
south of Interlaken on NY-96.
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Dawson Corners – A location southwest
of Covert on County Road 143.
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Frontenac Point – A projection into
Cayuga Lake in the southeast part of the town.
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Halls Corners – A location south of
Interlaken on County Road 142.
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Holton Beach
– On the short of Cayuga Lake
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Interlaken
– The Village of Interlaken in the north part of
the town on NY-96.
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Interlaken Beach – A lakeshore hamlet
near the north town line.
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Six Corners – A location west of
the hamlet of Covert.
Communities and locations near Covert
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Taughannock
Falls State Park – A
state park,
mostly in Tompkins County, by the shore of
Cayuga Lake near the south town line.
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Taughannock Point
– A projection into Cayuga Lake near the south town line.
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Trumansburg,
New York
– The village of Trumansburg, in Tompkins
County, is below the south town line on NY-96.
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Minutes
of prior meetings
can be found on the
Town Clerk page
Mailing address
Town of Covert
PO Box 265
Interlaken, NY 14847-0265
Fax: 607-532-4203
Town of
Covert Court
Monday at the
Municipal Building
607-532-4091
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Demographics
As of the
census[1]
of 2000, there were 2,227 people, 892 households,
and 620 families residing in the town. The
population
density was 70.7 people per
square mile (27.3/km²). There were 1,183 housing
units at an average density of 37.6/sq mi
(14.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was
98.25%
White,
0.49%
African
American, 0.18%
Native
American, 0.18%
Asian,
0.27% from
other races,
and 0.63% from two or more races.
Hispanic
or
Latino
of any race were 0.99% of the population.
There were 892 households out of which 32.4%
had children under the age of 18 living with them,
55.8% were
married
couples living together, 9.8%
had a female householder with no husband present,
and 30.4% were non-families. 25.3% of all
households were made up of individuals and 12.0%
had someone living alone who was 65 years of age
or older. The average household size was 2.45 and
the average family size was 2.92.
In the town the population was spread out with
25.4% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24,
24.6% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and
16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The
median age was 42 years. For every 100 females
there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age
18 and over, there were 91.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town
was $38,068, and the median income for a family
was $45,759. Males had a median income of $31,328
versus $27,955 for females. The
per capita
income for the town was $19,757.
About 7.2% of families and 10.1% of the population
were below the
poverty line,
including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of
those age 65 or over.
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