 covert is a town in seneca county, new york, usa. the population was 2,227 at the 2000 census. the current town supervisor is michael reynolds . the town of covert is located in the southeast corner of the county and is northwest of ithaca, new york. == 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 , of which,  of it is land and  of it (16.31%) is water. the south town line borders schuyler county, new york, to the southwest and [[tompkins
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