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History
Covert was in the
Central New
York Military Tract.
The town was first settled around 1797.
The town was
set aside from the
Town of Ovid
in 1817 as part of
Tompkins
County, but was returned to
Seneca County in 1819.
The
Town of Lodi
was taken off the western part of Covert in
1826.
In 1904
Interlaken (previously called "Farmer") set
itself apart by becoming an incorporated
village.
Geography
According to the
United
States Census Bureau, the town
has a total area of 37.6 square miles
(97.5 kmē), of which, 31.5 square miles
(81.6 kmē) of it is land and 6.1 square miles
(15.9 kmē) of it (16.31%) is water.
The south town line borders
Schuyler
County, New York, to the
southwest and
Tompkins
County to the southeast and
the east town line is defined by
Cayuga Lake,
one of the
Finger Lakes.
The town of Lodi is to the west and the town of
Ovid is to the north.
New York
State Route 89 and
New York
State Route 96 are north-south
highways in the town.
New York
State Route 96A joins NY-96 at
Interlaken.
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/kmē). There were 1,183 housing
units at an average density of 37.6/sq mi
(14.5/kmē). 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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