Bovina New York

Population – 664
Just off scenic Route 28, a hundred and fifty miles from the glamour and clamor of Broadway, lies the real jewel of the Catskills: Bovina, New York.
To those who thirst for fresh country air over the teeming hustle of city life, Bovina is a happy alternative to congestion and screeching traffic. Here, where privacy and seclusion reign, Bovina provides ringside seats to a parade of rolling hills. Picture pretty, they range in color from greens to purple before shifting to the blazing reds and eye-catching golds of autumn. Absent in Bovina are treeless flatlands and parched silence of deserted plains. Nor can visitors find garish road signs that prevail in ordinary places. Retirees and vacationers discover the same amenities that Bovinians take for granted: horseback riding, accessible ski-slopes, truly fine dining and an outstanding library…the best of the best.
Still dotting the landscape are Holstein and Jersey cows, who in some cases, may be the progeny of the dairy cattle that served early English and Scottish settlers in 1790. In 1820 Erastus Root (1773-1846), a Democratic legislator and lieutenant governor, named the area Bovina in honor of its local dairy farms. Famed for its high quality, Bovina butter reached the White House and was regularly shipped by the tubful to New York City’s better grocers as late as 1939. (Full tubs held 84 pounds and half tubs 42. A precious commodity, vendors carefully weighed each sale.)