Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Covington came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Covington in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Covington. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Covington data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Covington:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Covington was listed as Covington Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Covington was listed as Covington Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Covington was listed as Covington Courthouse.

Map from 1822 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Georgia (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

We found Covington in these Censuses: 2010. See our Census Page for Covington for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Covington. See our Misc Page for Covington for more information.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Covington: www.cityofcovington.org/

The official website for Newton County: www.co.newton.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/