Covington, Kentucky, USA
1854 - Covington

Covington, a flourishing city of Kenton county, Kentucky, situated on the Ohio river, opposite Cincinnati, and just below the mouth of the Licking river, which separates it from the city of Newport. It is built on a beautiful plain, several miles in extent, and regularly laid out in accordance with the plan of Cincinnati, of which it may be considered a suburb. The facilities of inter course are such, that many persons reside here, whose places of business are in Cincinnati. Covington is connected with Lexington by a railroad about 90 miles long. A charter is also obtained for a railroad from this place to Louisville. It contains about 10 churches, 3 banks, a large city hall, 2 female academies, the Western Theological College, a richly endowed and flourishing institution, under the direction of the Baptists, and 3 newspaper offices. Here are manufactories of cotton, hemp, silk, and tobacco, a large rolling mill, and an extensive establishment for packing pork and beef. Pop. in 1853, about 13,000.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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