Do you know of Covington ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Covington. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Covington.
Our sources for Covington (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Covington other than they indicate that Covington would be found somewhere in Alleghany County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1820.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Covington ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Covington.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Covington.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Taylor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Covington [Taylor County].
- Georgia
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Covington [Newton County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Fountain County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Covington [Fountain County].
- Iowa
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Covington [Linn County].
- Kansas
- Riley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Covington [Riley County].
- Saline County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Covington [Saline County].
- Smith County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Covington [Smith County].
- Kentucky
- Kenton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Covington [Kenton County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Tammany Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Covington [Saint Tammany Parish].
- Michigan
- Baraga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Covington [Baraga County].
- Missouri
- Pemiscot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Covington [Pemiscot County].
- Nebraska
- Dakota County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Covington [Dakota County].
- New York
- Wyoming County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Covington [Wyoming County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Miami County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Covington [Miami County].
- Oklahoma
- Garfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Covington [Garfield County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Covington [Tioga County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Tipton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Covington [Tipton County].
- Texas
- Hill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Covington [Hill County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Covington [King County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Covington ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Covington:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Covington - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Alleghany County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Alleghany County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Covington could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |