Fort Wright, Kentucky
city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States
Fort Wright is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 5,851 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
Geography
Fort Wright is located in northern Kenton County. It is bordered to the north by Ludlow, to the northeast by Park Hills, to the east by Kenton Vale, to the east and southeast by Covington, to the southwest by Edgewood and Crestview Hills, and to the west by Fort Mitchell.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Fort Wright has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.7 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 1.10%, are water.
History
The area that is now Fort Wright was the site of one of the Civil War fortifications built for the Defense of Cincinnati. The city, incorporated in 1941, was named for Major General Horatio Gouverneur Wright, a Union Army engineer.
It annexed the neighboring communities of Lookout Heights in 1937, South Hills in 1949 and Lakeview in 1960.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Fort Wright had a population of 5,851.
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