Covington

Meanings

1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).
2. A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).
3. An English habitational surname from the village in England.
4. A locale in the United States.
5. A city, the county seat of Newton County, Georgia; named for Leonard Covington.
6. A township in Washington County, Illinois.
7. A city, the county seat of Fountain County, Indiana.
8. A city in Kentucky, United States and one of the two county seats of Kenton County; named for American general and statesman Leonard Covington.
9. A city, the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; named for Leonard Covington.
10. A township in Baraga County, Michigan.
11. An unincorporated community in Michigan; named for the city in Kentucky.
12. An unincorporated community in Missouri.

Etymology

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”); literally “Cofa’s Town”.