Covington
Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.
Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers, across from Cincinnati, Ohio to the north and Newport to the east. It is the largest city in Northern Kentucky and the fifth-most populous city in the state with a population of 40,691 at the 2020 census. Covington is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area and is one of Kenton County's two seats, along with Independence. Covington is a home-rule class city under Kentucky law.
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Getting to Covington
- Airports
- Cincinnati Northern Kentucky (CVG), 13 km · Louisville Muhammad Ali (SDF), 143 km · Indianapolis (IND), 171 km
- Louisville → Covington142 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · $13–17
- Indianapolis → Covington161 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · $14–19
- Columbus → Covington162 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · $14–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Covington
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Covington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThe following are accessible as day trips: Indianapolis.
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Next door to Covington
Covington is 10 km from Cincinnati, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.