History of Covington, Kentucky
Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky|Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 43,370; it is the fifth-most-populous city in Kentucky [http://travel.ky.gov/facts_poplulations.aspx]. It is one of two county seats of Kenton County, Kentucky|Kenton County [http://www.thinkkentucky.com/edis/deskbook/files/landarea.pdf]. Covington is located at the Confluence (geography)|confluence of the Ohio River|Ohio and Licking River (Kentucky)|Licking Rivers. Covington is part of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area and is separated from Cincinnati by the Ohio River and from Newport, Kentucky|Newport by the Licking River. Throughout its history Covington has been a bedroom community: most of its employment is north of the Ohio.
The IATA airport code of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport of CVG comes from this city. The airport serves nearby Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati Ohio, but is actually in Hebron, Kentucky. Covington is linked to Cincinnati by the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, which was built in 1866.
Prominent in the city is the 19th century Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, loosely styled on Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame, and Holmes High School, originally built as a castle in 1866 by New Orleans businessman Daniel Henry Holmes.
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