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By 1900, Covington was the second-largest city and industrial region in Kentucky. [9] At the time, its population of almost 43,000 was about 12% foreign-born and 5% Black . [ 9 ] By this time, it was connected to the Chesapeake & Ohio and Louisville & Nashville railways , and companies offered steamboat service to other ports on the Ohio River ...
Kentucky Irish American: Kentucky Post: Northern Kentucky: 2007 ceased operation 31 December 2007 [101] Louisville Anzeiger: Louisville 1849 [19] 1938 German-language Louisville Herald: Louisville 1869 [19] Merged with Louisville Post in 1925 to form Herald-Post: Louisville Herald-Post: Louisville 1925 1936 Louisville Times: Louisville 1884 ...
The "Plan of Cincinnati" from the 1878 Encyclopaedia Britannica, showing the layout of downtown Covington and Newport to the south. In 1814, John Gano, Richard Gano, and Thomas Carneal purchased 150 acres (0.6 km 2) on the west side of the Licking River at its confluence with the Ohio River, referred to as "the Point," from Thomas Kennedy for $50,000.
On September 8, 2006, the Kentucky Governor's Office of Local Development announced a grant of $23,863.00, to be combined with $44,000.00 from the City of Covington, $22,000.00 from the Kenton County Fiscal Court and $5,500.00 from the Cemetery. These monies will be used for new fencing on West 13th Street and Linden Avenue.
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.
Joseph U. Meyer (born September 10, 1948) is an American politician from Kentucky who served as the mayor of Covington from 2017 to 2025. Meyer previously served in the Kentucky Senate and Kentucky House of Representatives. Meyer was first elected to the house in 1981 after incumbent representative John Isler retired.
Bavarian Brewing Company was a brewery established in Covington, Kentucky, in 1866 by Julius Deglow, but became known as the Bavarian Brewery around 1870.The brewery was originally located on Pike Street, but expanded to 12th Street within a decade.
The Clay Wade Bailey Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying U.S. Route 42 and U.S. Route 127 across the Ohio River, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. It also carries U.S. Route 25, the northern terminus of which is the Ohio state line, at the historic low-water mark of the Ohio River. The bridge's main span is 675 feet (206 m).