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COVINGTON , a See also:city and one of the two See also:county-seats of See also:Kenton county, See also:Kentucky, U.S.A., on the See also:Ohio See also:river opposite See also:Cincinnati, with which it is connected by See also:bridges; and at the mouth of the Licking river (also spanned by bridges), opposite See also:Newport, Ky.
Pop. (1890) 37,371; (1900) 42,938, of whom 5223 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 2478 were negroes; (1910) 53,270. In 1900 it ranked
second in See also:population among the cities of Kentucky. The city is served by the Chesapeake & Ohio, and the See also:Louisville & See also:Nashville See also:railways, by interurban electric railways, and by steamboat lines to the Ohio river ports. It is built on a See also:plain commanding See also:good views and partly shut in by neighbouring hills. Its streets, mostly named from eminent Kentuckians, are paved chiefly with See also:asphalt, macadam and See also:brick. There are numerous See also:fine residences and several attractive public buildings, including that of the See also:United States government—modern See also:Gothic in style—the See also:court-See also:house and city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall combined, and the public library. Covington is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic bishopric, and its See also:cathedral, in the flamboyant Gothic See also:style, is one of the finest See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church buildings in the See also:state. In the city are the See also:Academy of Notre See also:Dame and St See also:Joseph's high school for boys, both Roman Catholic. The See also:principal charitable institutions are the See also:hospital of See also:Saint See also:Elizabeth, a See also:German See also:orphan See also:asylum, a See also:Protestant See also:children's See also:home, a home for aged See also:women and a Wayfarers' See also:Rest. Covington is the See also:trade centre of an extensive See also:district engaged in See also:agriculture and stock raising, and as a manufacturing centre it ranked second in the state in 1905 (value of factory products $6,099,715), its products including See also:tobacco, See also:cotton goods, structural See also:iron and See also:steel, foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products, liquors and cordage. A See also:settlement was established here in 1812, and three years later a See also:town was laid out and named in See also:honour of Gen. Leonard Covington (1768–1813), who was mortally wounded at Chrystler's See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field during the See also:War of 1812. In 1834 Covington was chartered as a city; and in 1908 it annexed Central Covington (pop. in 1900, 2155).
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