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Pictures
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Canning Factory
Clinton Street^
Lake View Cemetery
Interlaken Historical Society
8394 Main Street
Sunflowers and Cows
^by Karen Haas
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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.
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At the
August 10, 2009 Town Board meeting the Town
Board approved the creation of a Town of Covert
website.
Welcome
to that website. We are under construction, so
please stop back often to see what is new.
If you
have thoughts or comments about the site or
pictures from the town please contact the
webmaster via the link at the bottom of the
page.
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