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Covington
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independent city in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- None ( Independent city )
- Mayor
- Fred F. Forbes III
- City manager
- Allen Dressler
- Total
- 5.67 sq mi (14.69 km )
- Land
- 5.47 sq mi (14.16 km )
- Water
- 0.20 sq mi (0.52 km )
- Elevation
- 1,250 ft (381 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 5,680
- Density
- 1,049/sq mi (405.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 51-19728
- Website
- covington.va.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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. It is surrounded by Alleghany County, of which it is also the county seat. Located at the confluence of Jackson River and Dunlap Creek, Covington is one of three cities (with Roanoke and Salem) in the Roanoke Regional Partnership. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Covington with Alleghany county for statistical purposes.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Covington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.