Covington, Kentucky
Covington, one of the seats of Kenton county, is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers. The area was known as The Point during the eighteenth century and a settlement there may have been known as Kennedy's Ferry. In 1815 the town of Covington was formed and named for General Leonard Wales Covington. The other seat of Kenton county is Independence.
Covington was incorporated in 1834.
The Covington post office opened in 1815.
The population of Covington in 2010 was 40,640.
This bridge between Covington and Cincinnati was designed by
John Roebling
and opened in 1867. At the time it was the longest suspension bridge in the
world. (Roebling designed a railroad bridge to cross the Kentucky River at
High Bridge,
but it wasn't completed.) This is a view of Cincinnati from the Covington
end of the bridge in 1997. The Roman Catholic
Saint Mary Cathedral Basilica of the
Assumption
in Covington was completed in 1910.
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- Covington, City of
- Covington Independent Public Schools
- Kenton County Fiscal Court
- Kenton County Public Library
- Kenton County Schools
- Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau
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