Covington at the Point

In 1814 John and Richard Gano with Thomas Carneal bought 150 acres from him for $50,000, platted streets to line up with Cincinnati across the river, and named the venture for War of 1812 Gen. Leonard Covington. The General Assembly chartered Covington on February 8, 1815; early north–south streets honored Kentucky’s first five governors.

Lot sales crawled for years—only about 715 people by 1830—until German immigration and river commerce turned it into Northern Kentucky’s big city.