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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.
Indiana ( / ˌɪndiˈænə / ⓘ IN-dee-AN-ə) [15] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west.
Covington is located in the west part of Fountain County along the Wabash River, where U.S. Route 136 crosses the river. Interstate 74 passes about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the south of the city. According to the 2010 census, Covington has a total area of 1.18 square miles (3.06 km 2 ), all land. [8]
Kentucky is one of several states considered a part of the Upland South . The state is home to the world's longest cave system in Mammoth Cave National Park, the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States, and the two largest artificial lakes east of the Mississippi River.
Kenton County is a county located in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 169,064, [1] making it the third most populous county in Kentucky (behind Jefferson County and Fayette County ). Its county seats are Covington and Independence. [2]
Covington, KY and Cincinnati, OH 39°05′32″N 84°30′34″W / 39.09222°N 84.5094°W / 39.09222; -84.5094 ( Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Kenton, KY and Hamilton, OH
The history of human activity in Indiana, a U.S. state in the Midwest, stems back to the migratory tribes of Native Americans who inhabited Indiana as early as 8000 BC. Tribes succeeded one another in dominance for several thousand years and reached their peak of development during the period of Mississippian culture.