Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Covert (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Covert. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Covert is located in Seneca County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Covert. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Covert:
- Seneca County (The home county of Covert)
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Interlaken
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Kidders
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Lodi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Border City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Tyre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Atwaters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Willets
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- East Genoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Poplar Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Aurora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Locke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Moravia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Millport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Erin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Pioneer Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Horseheads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Munsons Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Scott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Cortland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Harford Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- East River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- McGraw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Preble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Mandana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Spafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Otisco Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Rose Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Skaneateles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Amber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Mottville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Billsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Gorham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- West Junius
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Melvin Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Seneca Castle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Searsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mecklenburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Logan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reading Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Odessa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Montour Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Keuka
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hammondsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Sonora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- North Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Candor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Trumansburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Taughannock Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Willow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- North Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- East Lansing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Lansing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Cayuga Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Ithaca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Glenora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Himrod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dresden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Angus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Barrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Penn Yan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bellona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Benton Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Potter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Covert, see our County-by-County Page for Covert.
Cemeteries Near Covert ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Covert.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Covert - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Covert covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Covert Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- The Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trumansburg Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64733 <2>
- Cronk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Townsendville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Goodyears Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldrake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Quaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (433 more) ...
- German Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Palmer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Covert had a population of 198 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
- Trumansburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Waterburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waterburg is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterburg
- Taughannock Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Lake Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Atwaters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- East Steamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Steamburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steamburg
- Perry City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Townsendville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
- Willow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Lansingville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lansingville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Five Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Sheldrake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sheldrake is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldrake
- Lodi Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lodi Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Covert. See our List of 1890's Communities around Covert.
Newspapers Published in Covert ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Covert.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Covert, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Covert.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Covert:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Covert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Covert) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |