Covington
Covington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,737, making it the second-least populous city in Virginia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,070 residents
- Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Covington, VA”, “Covington, Virginia”, “Merry’s Store”, and “Merrys Store”
- Postal code: 24426
Places of Interest
Highlights include First Baptist Church and Casey Field.
First Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church complex located at Covington, Virginia. The property includes two churches. One of the churches was built about 1890, and is a Gothic Revival style frame church.
Casey Field
Pitch
Casey Field & Boodie Albert Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Covington, Virginia. Games were first played there in 1962 and it is primarily the home home stadium for the Alleghany High School Cougars football and baseball teams.
Covington High School
School
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Covington High School was a public secondary school in Covington, Virginia, United States. It was part of Covington City Public Schools and was located on 530 South Lexington Avenue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakwood Forest and Mallow.
Oakwood Forest
Neighborhood
Oakwood Forest is an unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.
Mallow
Village
Mallow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 671. Mallow is situated 2 miles southeast of Covington.
Rayon Terrace
Neighborhood
Rayon Terrace is an unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States. Rayon Terrace is a village in the city of Covington. It was formerly called and is generally still referred to South Covington. Rayon Terrace is situated 2 miles south of Covington.
Covington
- Categories: independent city in the United States, county seat, and locality
- Location: Covington, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.79345° or 37° 47′ 36″ northLongitude
-79.99395° or 79° 59′ 38″ westPopulation
6,070Elevation
1,250 feet (381 metres)United Nations Location Code
US CVJOpen location code
8792Q2V4+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 157563409OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Covington” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوفينغتون”
- Basque: “Covington city konderria”
- Bavarian: “Covington, Virginia”
- Bavarian: “Covington”
- Cebuano: “Covington (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Covington”
- Chechen: “Ковингтон”
- Chinese: “卡温顿”
- Chinese: “卡溫頓”
- Czech: “Covington”
- Dutch: “Covington”
- Esperanto: “Covington (Virginio)”
- Esperanto: “Covington”
- Finnish: “Covington”
- French: “Covington”
- French: “Municipalité de Covington”
- German: “Covington”
- Gilaki: “کاوينگتن”
- Haitian: “Covington, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Covington”
- Hebrew: “קובינגטון”
- Hungarian: “Covington”
- Indonesian: “Covington, Virginia”
- Indonesian: “Covington”
- Irish: “Covington”
- Italian: “Covington”
- Japanese: “コヴィントン (バージニア州)”
- Japanese: “コヴィントン”
- Japanese: “コビントン”
- Korean: “커빙턴”
- Ladin: “Covington”
- Low German: “Covington”
- Malagasy: “Covington, Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Covington”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Covington”
- Norwegian: “Covington”
- Persian: “کاوینگتون، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “کاوینگتون”
- Polish: “Covington”
- Portuguese: “Covington”
- Russian: “Ковингтон”
- Serbian: “Кавингтон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Covington, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Covington”
- Slovak: “Covington”
- Slovenian: “Covington”
- South Azerbaijani: “کووینقتون، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Covington, Virginia”
- Spanish: “Covington”
- Swedish: “Covington, Virginia”
- Swedish: “Covington”
- Talysh: “Kovington”
- Talysh: “Kovinqton”
- Tatar: “Ковингтон (Вирджиния)”
- Tatar: “Ковингтон”
- Turkish: “Covington, Virginia”
- Turkish: “Covington”
- Ukrainian: “Ковінгтон”
- Urdu: “کوونگٹن، ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “کوونگٹن”
- Vietnamese: “Covington, Virginia”
- Vietnamese: “Covington”
- Volapük: “Covington”
- Waray (Philippines): “Covington, Virginia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Covington”
- Welsh: “Covington”
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