Finger Lakes
Covert, New York
Covert is a town in Seneca County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 2,200 people as of the 2020 census.
Eleven glacial lakes lined with waterfalls, gorges, and the state's biggest wine country. Covert sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Seneca
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 2,163
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Covert
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Covert Crossed County Lines Before It Settled
Covert's local story moves from Ovid to Tompkins County, back to Seneca County, and down to Cayuga Lake at Interlaken.
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Ulysses Has a Gorge-and-Lake Identity at Taughannock
Ulysses reads as a Cayuga Lake town with a dramatic gorge landscape at Taughannock Falls.
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Ovid's Three Bears Hold South Seneca Together
Ovid's Three Bears courthouse complex gives south Seneca County a village-park landmark with Greek Revival architecture and civic memory.
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Lansing's Salt Point Turns Industry Into Lakefront Memory
Salt Point explains Lansing through Cayuga Lake industry, Syrian worker families, canal-era shipping, and a reclaimed natural area.
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Ulysses Building and Zoning Starts With the BCPZ Page
Ulysses keeps building permits, zoning map, flood-hazard resources, and fee-payment links under its BCPZ department.
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Ovid Building Questions Run Through Town and County
Ovid residents should check the town clerk early, then Seneca County code enforcement for building permits, zoning paperwork, and stop-work rules.
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Lodi Point Was a Seneca Lake Landing Before It Was a Park
Lodi Point's state marine park sits on older layers of steamboats, warehouses, hotel gatherings, camp summers, and Seneca Lake travel.
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Ulysses Small Structures Can Still Need Zoning and Site-Plan Attention
Ulysses rules say some small accessory buildings avoid building permits, but zoning, site plan, and other review can still matter.
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Genoa's Map Changed More Than Its Roads Suggest
Genoa's town story runs through old county shifts, the Military Tract, Cayuga Lake, King Ferry, mills, farms, and a long local store memory.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $16–$20 per $1,000
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $4,816–$6,136 a year before the STAR break.
A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.
Statewide links
Statewide starting points.
Good to know
- • Your assessed value usually isn't your market value — ask for the equalization rate.
- • Register for STAR; new applicants generally receive a credit instead of an automatic exemption on the bill.
- • Outside the cities, check the well, the septic, and the FEMA flood map before you buy.
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Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->
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