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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Covington (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Covington. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Parishes/Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes/counties instead of the parish in which they lived:  their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the east contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Covington is located in Saint Tammany Parish and is the Parish Seat.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Saint Tammany Parish: Jefferson, Orleans, Tangipahoa, Washington, Hancock (MS) & Pearl River (MS).

Below are the parishes/counties that are near Covington. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Covington:

  • Saint Tammany Parish     (The home parish of Covington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covington, with the one closest to Covington listed first.
    • Abita Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Saint Benedict
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Benedict have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
      • Saint Benedict is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Benedict <1>
    • Goodbee
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mandeville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
      • Mandeville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,559 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mandeville <1>
    • Madisonville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madisonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
      • Madisonville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madisonville <1>
    • Lewisburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Folsom
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folsom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Folsom is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 871 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
    • Talisheek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Lacombe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacombe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacombe
      • Lacombe is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lacombe <1>
    • Bush
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sun
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
      • Sun is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun <1>
    • Hickory
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Browns Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
      • Browns Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covington, with the one closest to Covington listed first.
    • Springfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Springfield is located in Livingston Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <1>
    • Albany
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
      • Albany is located in Livingston Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <1>
    • Killian
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Killian. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
      • Killian is located in Livingston Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Killian
      • From Covington to Killian
  • Tangipahoa Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covington, with the one closest to Covington listed first.
    • Katie ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
      • Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Robert
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert
      • Robert is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robert <1>
    • Husser
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Husser have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Husser
      • Husser is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Husser <1>
    • Loranger
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loranger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loranger
      • Loranger is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loranger <1>
    • Ponchatoula
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Manchac
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchac have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
      • Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Hammond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Akers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Akers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
      • Akers is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akers <1>
    • Henry City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry City
      • Henry City is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Natalbany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Tickfaw
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Wadesboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Baptist
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Washington Parish
  • Hancock County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covington, with the one closest to Covington listed first.
    • Gainesville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Napoleon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Napoleon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
      • Napoleon is located in Hancock County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Napoleon
      • From Covington to Napoleon
  • Pearl River County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covington, with the one closest to Covington listed first.
    • Nicholson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Picayune
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picayune have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picayune
      • Picayune is located in Pearl River County (MS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,886 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picayune <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Covington, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Covington.

Cemeteries Near Covington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Covington.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Covington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Covington, with the one closest to Covington listed first.

  • Wilson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Gertrudes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gertrudes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Gertrudes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Abita Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abita Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abita Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Davis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph Abbey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Abbey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Abbey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Meyer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meyer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Byers Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Byers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garden District Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden District Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden District Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • White Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Galatas Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galatas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Galatas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dendinger Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dendinger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dendinger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (334 more) ...
    • Madisonville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Madisonville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Madisonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Helping Hands Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Helping Hands Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Helping Hands Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Flot Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flot Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Covington had a population of 976 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Covington had a population of 10,560 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Covington, with the one closest to Covington listed first.

  • Madisonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madisonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
    • Madisonville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madisonville <1>
  • Mandeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
    • Mandeville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,559 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mandeville <1>
  • Katie ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
    • Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
  • Talisheek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Florenville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenville
    • Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
  • Sun
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
    • Sun is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun <1>
  • Zona
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
    • Zona is located in Washington Parish
  • Ponchatoula
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Manchac
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchac have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
    • Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
  • Hammond
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Pearl River
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Lees Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Covington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Covington.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Covington ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Covington.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Covington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Covington and those printed in the larger area surrounding Covington.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5> of Covington.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Covington:

The official website for Covington: www.covla.com/new/

The official website for Saint Tammany Parish: www.stpgov.org/

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Covington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Covington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Covington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4754, Longitude: -90.1008    









 

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