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Covington
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city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States
Covington is a city located in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States. It serves as a significant urban center in the northern part of the state, positioned in the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Covington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kenton County
- Population
- 40961
- Area
- 35.665493
- Elevation
- 155
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Ohio River
- Capital of
- Kenton County
- Shares border with
- Fort Wright
- Official website
- www.covingtonky.gov
- Image
- Covington, Kentucky.jpg
- Households
- 17397
- Dialing code
- 859
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- postal code
- 41019
- topic's main category
- Category:Covington, Kentucky
- Commons category
- Covington, Kentucky
- Commons gallery
- Covington, Kentucky
- inception
- 1815-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Covington, Kentucky
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Covington, Kentucky
- P8168
- Q237719
- water as percent of area
- 4.1551
- per capita income
- 29038
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Encyclopedic overview
Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers, across from Cincinnati, Ohio to the north and Newport to the east. It is the largest city in Northern Kentucky and the fifth-most populous city in the state with a population of 40,691 at the 2020 census. Covington is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area and is one of Kenton County's two seats, along with Independence. Covington is a home-rule class city under Kentucky law.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Covington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.