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GNIS feature ID. 2404138 [1] Website. covingtonky.gov. Covington is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers, it lies south of Cincinnati, Ohio, across the Ohio and west of Newport, Kentucky, across the Licking.
In February 1815, the Kentucky General Assembly incorporated the land as the town of Covington. [1] At the time of its incorporation, Covington and all of today's Kenton County was a part of Campbell County. Shortly after its incorporation, the investors began selling lots in the new city for $385 a lot.
Designated NHL. May 15, 1975. The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (formerly the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge) is a suspension bridge that spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky. When opened on December 1, 1866, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1,057 feet (322 m) main span, [3] which was ...
Brent Spence Bridge. / 39.09087; -84.52291. The Brent Spence Bridge is a double decker, cantilevered truss bridge that carries Interstates 71 and 75 across the Ohio River between Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. The top deck carries Kentucky-bound traffic while the bottom deck carries Ohio-bound traffic.
November 23, 1971. The Riverside Drive Historic District is a historic district located at the west bank of the confluence of the Licking River and the Ohio River in Covington, Kentucky, directly across from Cincinnati, Ohio . Prior to the city of Covington's founding, George Rogers Clark used the area as a mustering spot for incursions against ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington ( Latin: Dioecesis Covingtonensis) is a Latin Church diocese in Northern Kentucky in the United States, The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington. On July 13, 2021, Pope Francis appointed John Iffert, a priest of the Diocese of Belleville, as bishop ...
Counties of Kentucky. There are 120 counties in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, fourth among states (including Virginia's independent cities). [1] The original motivation for having so many counties was to ensure that residents in the days of poor roads and horseback travel ...
The Roman Catholic St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky, is a minor basilica in the United States. Construction of the cathedral began under the Diocese of Covington 's third bishop, Camillus Paul Maes, in 1895 to replace an 1834 frame church that was inadequate for the growing congregation.