| Fort Covington, New York | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New York |
| Pushpin Label: | Fort Covington Hamlet |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New York |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Franklin |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Fort Covington |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 50.15 |
| Area Land Km2: | 50.12 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 19.36 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 19.35 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1127 |
| Population Density Km2: | 22.49 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 58.24 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 170 |
| Coordinates: | 44.9883°N -74.4964°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 12937 |
| Area Code: | 518 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 36-26752 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2584256 |
Fort Covington[2] is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Fort Covington, Franklin County, New York, United States. It consists of the hamlet of Fort Covington, as well as a large amount of rural land surrounding the hamlet, such that the CDP occupies about one half of the area within the town limits. The population of the CDP was 1,308 at the 2010 census,[3] out of a total town population of 1,676.
The Fort Covington CDP occupies the northern half of the town of Fort Covington, with the actual hamlet situated in the northern part of the CDP, along the Salmon River, just south of the Canada–United States border. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 50.07sqkm, of which 50.04sqkm is land and 0.03sqkm, or 0.05%, is water.[3]
New York State Route 37 runs east to west across the CDP, leading southeast to Malone, the Franklin County seat, and west to Massena. Cornwall, Ontario, is to the northwest of Fort Covington via NY 37 and the Three Nations Crossing over the St. Lawrence River.
The northern border of the CDP, which follows the town line, is the international border with Canada. The Fort Covington–Dundee Border Crossing connects Dundee Road, leading south into the center of Fort Covington, with Quebec Route 132, which leads northeast along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. Montreal is northeast of Fort Covington.