Covington is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.

[5] A part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, it is one of Kenton County's two seats, along with Independence.

In 1814, John Gano, Richard Gano, and Thomas Carneal purchased The Point, 150 acres (0.6 km2) of land on the west side of the Licking River at its confluence with the Ohio, from Thomas Kennedy for $50,000, and laid out the settlement of Covington the next year.

[7] It was named in honor of Gen. Leonard Covington,[8] who was killed at the Battle of Crysler's Farm during the War of 1812.

[9] The town was formally incorporated by the Kentucky General Assembly a year later[citation needed] and raised to city status in 1834.

[10] Like nearby Cincinnati, Covington's factories and businesses were particularly staffed by Catholic and German immigrants.

The present-day circuit courthouse is located at the site of its former grounds, Federal Park, which is thought to have been the smallest stadium ever used by a professional baseball club.

The Licking River forms the eastern boundary with Newport in the adjacent Campbell County.

Covington claims 19 distinct neighborhoods,[13] ranging in population from several hundred to 10,000 people.

Many of the neighborhoods are located in 12 historic districts that are predominantly found in the northern portion of the city, but Covington annexed many areas to the south in the late 20th and early 21st centuries to significantly enlarge its land area.

Evidence of both a humid subtropical and humid continental climate can be found here, particularly noticeable by the presence of plants indicative of each climatic region; for example, the southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) from the subtropics and the blue spruce from cooler regions are successful landscape plants in and around Covington.

[27] Covington Union Station served Chesapeake and Ohio and Louisville and Nashville passenger trains into the 1960s.

The final train making stops at the station was the L&N's Pan-American (Cincinnati-New Orleans) in 1971.

C&O trains included the Fast Flying Virginian, George Washington and Sportsman.

[28] CVG also serves as a focus city for Allegiant Air and is the airlines largest O&D airport.

The airport additionally serves as an operating base for Delta Air Lines subsidiary Endeavor Air and as a maintenance base for American Airlines subsidiary PSA Airlines.

Covington City Ordinance created the “Voluntary Night Watch" in 1843, which consisted of seventy-one reputable persons invested with police authority.