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The patrol area included the Town and eight miles of surrounding territory. In 1833 the first full time Town Marshall was appointed. An act of the Kentucky General Assembly in 1834 incorporated Covington as a city, and in 1842, the City of Covington appointed its first "Police Commissioner."
Kenton County is a county located in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 169,064, [1] making it the third most populous county in Kentucky (behind Jefferson County and Fayette County).
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.
The state of Kentucky is served by the following area codes: 270/364, which serve western Kentucky and the western half of South Central Kentucky; 502, which serves the Louisville and Frankfort areas; 606, which serves eastern Kentucky, including the Eastern Coalfield; 859, which serves the Lexington area and Northern Kentucky
An enlargeable map of the 120 counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The metropolitan areas of the Commonwealth of Kentucky include the urban statistical areas that are defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget and regions of urban population in which are defined by other organizations.
The original boundary of Covington was Sixth Street, making the area of Licking Riverside one of the first boundary increases that Covington would make. The first prominent building in the district was the brick "fashionable" female academy operated by Doctor William Orr, built around 1846. Growth of the district first begun north of Fifth Street.
The Mutter Gottes Historic District or Mother of God Historic District is a 15 acres (6.1 ha) area in Covington, Kentucky including the Mother of God Church which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The historic district included 153 buildings. [1] [2]
Kentucky Route 3716 (KY 3716) is a 4.277-mile-long (6.883 km) state secondary highway in central Kenton County. The highway extends from KY 1501 in Covington north to KY 16 in Taylor Mill. KY 3716 was established in 2015, extended west in 2018, and was extended again in December 2022 after the reroute of KY 1501.