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The Kennebec River (Abenaki: Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ) is a 170-mile-long (270 km) [1] river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine . The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river flows southward.
The Doubling Point Range Lights are located on the lower Kennebec River, at a point where the normally south-flowing river makes a sharp turn to the east, followed by a turn back to the south. The range lights are set on the north side of the second turn; the first is marked by the Doubling Point Light. The range lights are oriented so that ...
Newport is a home rule-class city [6] at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,150 at the 2020 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. [7] Newport is a major urban center of Northern Kentucky and is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
The warriors fired again, then fled across the river, leaving 26 dead and 14 wounded. Bomazeen (or Bomaseen), the sachem, who with Sebastien de Villieu had led 250 Abenakis to Durham, New Hampshire on July 18, 1694, for the Oyster River Massacre, was shot fording the Kennebec at a place thereafter called Bomazeen Rips. From a cabin, old Chief ...
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The Dead River, sometimes called the West Branch, is a 42.6-mile-long (68.6 km) [1] river in central Maine in the United States. Its source is Flagstaff Lake , where its two main tributaries, South Branch Dead River and North Branch Dead River , join ( 45°09′41″N 70°25′55″W / 45.1615°N 70.4320°W / 45.1615; -70.4320 ...
Newport was designated as the county seat until 1823, when it was moved to Visalia, at that time closer to the geographical center of the county. This was an unpopular action, however, as the overwhelming majority of residents lived in the north, along the Ohio River. The county court returned to Newport in 1824 and remained there until 1840.
The Licking River forms the eastern boundary with Newport in the adjacent Campbell County. [ 12 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , Covington has a total area of 13.7 square miles (35 km 2 ), of which 13.1 square miles (34 km 2 ) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2 ) (3.88%) is covered by water.