Covington, Kentucky

Covington, Kentucky
Covington, Kentucky
City
	Downtown Covington skyline
	Seal
	Location of Covington in Kenton County, Kentucky.
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	Coordinates: 39°02′00″N 84°31′00″W / 39.03333°N 84.51667°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Kenton
Founded	1815
Government
• Type	Commission-City Manager
• Mayor	Joseph U. Meyer (D)
Area
• Total	13.76 sq mi (35.63 km2)
• Land	13.20 sq mi (34.18 km2)
• Water	0.56 sq mi (1.45 km2)
Elevation	719 ft (219 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	40,961
• Estimate (2022)	40,956
• Density	3,103.81/sq mi (1,198.42/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	41011-41012, 41014-41019
Area code	859
FIPS code	21-17848
GNIS feature ID	2404138
Website	covingtonky.gov

Covington is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers, it lies south of Cincinnati, Ohio, across the Ohio and west of Newport, Kentucky, across the Licking. It had a population of 40,691 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Northern Kentucky and the fifth-most populous city in the state.^[5] A part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, it is one of Kenton County's two seats, along with Independence.^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Covington, Kentucky
^ "Joseph U Meyer". The City of Covington, Kentucky Official Government Website. City of Covington, Kentucky. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ "Covington city, Kentucky". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.