Covington, Louisiana
city in and the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States
Covington is a city in and the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 11,564 at the 2020 United States census. It is located at a fork of the Bogue Falaya and the Tchefuncte River. Covington is part of the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington statistical area.
History
The earliest known settlement by Europeans in the area was in 1800 by Jacques Drieux, during the British West Florida period.
In 1813, John Wharton Collins established a town with the name of Wharton. He is buried on the corner of the city cemetery directly across from the Covington Police Department. On March 11, 1816, the town of Wharton was renamed as Covington. There are conflicting stories about how the city came to be named Covington.
The public source identifies “Covington, Louisiana” as city in and the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Covington, Louisiana and city.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1014171. VIAF identifies the subject as 124329624. The Library of Congress control number is n80035002. Authority coordinates are 30.479, -90.104. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1800, 1813 and 1816.
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