Covington
Covington may refer to: People * Covington (surname) Places United Kingdom * Covington, Cambridgeshire * Covington, South Lanarkshire United States * Covington, Georgia * Covington, Indiana * Covington, Kentucky, the largest American city named Covington * Covington, Louisiana * Covington, Michigan * Covington, Missouri * Covington, Nebraska * Covington, New York * Covington, Ohio * Covington, Oklahoma * Covington, Tennessee * Covington, Texas * Covington, Virginia * Covington, Washington * Fort Covington, New York * Port Covington, a former cargo terminal in Baltimore, Maryland Navy vessels * USS ''Covington'' (1863), a side-wheel steamer, purchased by the Union during the American Civil War * USS ''Covington'' (ID-1409), a troop transport ship sunk by German ''U86'' in 1918, World War I * USS ''Covington'' (PF-56), a ''Tacoma'' class frigate built during World War II Other * 5424 Covington (1983 TN1), a Main-belt Asteroid * Camp Covington, Guam * Covington High ...
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Covington, Washington
Covington is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 20,777 at the time of the 2020 census. Prior to the 2010 census, Covington was counted as part of Covington-Sawyer-Wilderness CDP. History The area presently known as Covington was originally known as Jenkins Prairie. Between 1899 and 1900 the Northern Pacific Railway built a cut-off between Auburn and Kanaskat, improving the company's primary east–west route across Stampede Pass. Richard Covington, a surveyor for the Northern Pacific Railroad worked out of Fort Vancouver establishing the line through western Washington to complete the line from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Auburn. According to the NP's construction records at the University of Montana's K. Ross Toole Archives, the primary contractors were banker Horace C. Henry of Seattle, Washington, and long-time railroad contractor Nelson Bennett of Tacoma, Washington, the NP's prime contractor for Stampede Tunnel, which he completed in 1888 ...
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Covington, Georgia
Covington is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the seat of Newton County, and is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, its population 14,113. History Covington was founded by European immigrants to the United States. It was incorporated in 1821 as the seat of the newly organized Newton County. Covington was named for United States Army Brigadier General and United States Congressman Leonard Covington, a hero of the War of 1812. The settlement grew with the advent of the railroad in 1845. Covington incorporated as a city in 1854. In 1864, General Sherman's troops marched through during their March to the Sea. Although they looted the city, destroying numerous buildings, several antebellum homes were spared. Historic districts The Covington Historic District and the North Covington Historic District within the city are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The maps and materials describing these two districts are available for re ...
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Fort Covington, New York
Fort Covington ( moh, Kentsia’kowáhne) is a town in Franklin County, New York. The population was 1,676 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a War of 1812 fortification. The original name of the town was ''French Mills''. The town is on the county's northern border, which is also the Canada–United States border. History The area of what is now Fort Covington was settled during the 1790s by people from southern Canada and Vermont, who were drawn to the area by a need for people to work at the mills located on the Salmon River. The village was first named French Mills. In July 1813, a blockhouse was built here to shelter wounded soldiers and to provide a winter headquarters. In 1817, French Mills was re-named to Fort Covington, named after Brigadier General Leonard Covington, who had been mortally wounded during the Battle of Chrysler's Farm on November 11, 1813 in the War of 1812. In 1833, the western part of Fort Covington was made into the town of Bombay. The F ...
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Covington High School (other)
Covington High School is the name of several high schools in the United States: *Covington High School (Covington, Indiana) *Covington High School (Covington, Louisiana) *Covington High School (Covington, Ohio) *Covington High School (Covington, Tennessee) *Covington High School (Covington, Virginia) * Covington Catholic High School (Park Hills, Kentucky) See also *Holmes Junior/Senior High School Covington Holmes Junior/Senior High School in Covington, Kentucky, is the oldest public high school in Kentucky, founded as Covington Central High in 1853. It is a vital part of the Covington Independent Public Schools. Its boundary includes mu ...

Covington Township (other)
Covington Township may refer to the following places in the United States: * Covington Township, Washington County, Illinois * Covington Township, Michigan * Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania * Covington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania * Covington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Covington Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,031 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0 ... {{Geodis Township name disambiguation pages ...
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Covington County (other)
Covington County is the name of a couple of counties in the United States: * Covington County, Alabama Covington County (briefly Jones County), is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 37,570. Its county seat is Andalusia. Its name is in honor of Brigadier General Leo ... * Covington County, Mississippi {{Geodis, uscounty ...
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Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling LLP is an American multinational law firm. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the firm advises clients on transactional, litigation, regulatory, and public policy matters. In 2021, Vault.com ranked Covington & Burling as the #1 law firm in Washington, D.C. The firm has additional offices in Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Dubai, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seoul, and Shanghai. History Judge J. Harry Covington and Edward B. Burling founded Covington & Burling in Washington, DC, on January 1, 1919. In 1988, Covington opened a London office, followed by a Brussels office in 1990. In 1999, Covington merged with a 60-lawyer New York firm called Howard, Smith & Levin and also opened its first West Coast office in San Francisco. In 2008, Covington entered into a strategic alliance with Institution Quraysh for Law & Policy (iQ), a Qatar-based transnational law firm and think-tank, for the joint provision of legal and co ...
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Covington And Ohio Railroad
Covington and Ohio Railroad was part of a planned railroad link between Eastern Virginia and the Ohio River in the 1850s. The mountainous region of the Allegheny Front (eastern side) of the Appalachian Plateau between an existing canal, railroads and navigable rivers represented a formidable obstacle. The railroad was never formally incorporated. Instead, it became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1868. Under the leadership of Williams Carter Wickham and Collis P. Huntington, it opened to through traffic in 1873. In the early 21st century, the tracks form a vital portion of the rail network for CSX Transportation as part of a pathway from the bituminous coal mines of West Virginia to the coal piers at Newport News, Virginia. Historical transportation need Beginning in the 18th century, for purposes of shipping goods and passenger transportation, Virginians had long sought a canal or railroad link between the navigable rivers which drain to the Chesapeake Bay and th ...
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Covington River
The Covington River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Virginia. The river rises at the eastern foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Rappahannock County and flows southeast to the Rush River just north of that river's confluence with the Thornton River. The river system flows via the Hazel River to the Rappahannock River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay. See also *List of rivers of Virginia This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ... References * *USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974) * Rivers of Virginia Tributaries of the Rappahannock River Rivers of Rappahannock County, Virginia {{Virginia-river-stub ...
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Covington Highway
Covington may refer to: People * Covington (surname) Places United Kingdom * Covington, Cambridgeshire * Covington, South Lanarkshire United States * Covington, Georgia * Covington, Indiana * Covington, Kentucky, the largest American city named Covington * Covington, Louisiana * Covington, Michigan * Covington, Missouri * Covington, Nebraska * Covington, New York * Covington, Ohio * Covington, Oklahoma * Covington, Tennessee * Covington, Texas * Covington, Virginia * Covington, Washington * Fort Covington, New York * Port Covington, a former cargo terminal in Baltimore, Maryland Navy vessels * USS ''Covington'' (1863), a side-wheel steamer, purchased by the Union during the American Civil War * USS ''Covington'' (ID-1409), a troop transport ship sunk by German ''U86'' in 1918, World War I * USS ''Covington'' (PF-56), a ''Tacoma'' class frigate built during World War II Other * 5424 Covington (1983 TN1), a Main-belt Asteroid * Camp Covington, Guam * Covington Highwa ...
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Camp Covington
Naval Base Guam is a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor and occupying the Orote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined with Andersen Air Force Base to form Joint Region Marianas, which is a Navy-controlled joint base. The Ship Repair Facility, Guam, was located next to Naval Base Guam, along Apra Harbor. It was closed in 1997, due to the recommendation of the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Naval Base Guam is home to Commander Submarine Squadron 15, Coast Guard Sector Guam, and Naval Special Warfare Unit One, and supports 28 other tenant commands. It is the home base to dozens of Pacific Command, Pacific Fleet, Seventh Fleet, and Seabee units. is stationed in Guam to tend the submarines of the Seventh Fleet, and changed from Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia to Naval Base Guam to fulfill the same role. Coast Guard Sector Guam ships include and including , ''USCGC Oliver Henry'', ''USCGC Frederick Hatch'', and . History On July 21, 1944, a ...
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5424 Covington
54 may refer to: * 54 (number) * one of the years 54 BC, AD 54, 1954, 2054 * ''54'' (novel), a 2002 novel by Wu Ming * Studio 54, a New York City nightclub from 1977 until 1981 * ''54'' (film), a 1998 American drama film about the club * ''54'' (album), a 2010 album by Metropole Orkest * "Fifty Four", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Arch Stanton'', 2014 * 54th Division (other) * 54th Regiment of Foot (other) * 54th Infantry (other) 54th Infantry may refer to: * 54th Infantry Regiment (France) * 54th Infantry Regiment (United States) * 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry See also * 54th Regiment of Foot (other) 54th Regiment of Foot was the designation of the 43rd ...