Covington, Tennessee Covington, Tennessee Nickname(s): The Heart of Tipton County Location in Tipton County and the state of Tennessee.
Location in Tipton County and the state of Tennessee.
States of the United States Tennessee County Tipton Covington is a town/city in central Tipton County, Tennessee.
Covington is the biggest city and governmental center of county of Tipton County. The town/city is positioned in West Tennessee, a several miles from the Mississippi River.
Census. Located about 42 miles northeast of Memphis, Covington is part of the Memphis, Tennessee Metropolitan Area.
4 Tipton County Museum The Covington region was originally inhabited by Native Americans of various tribes.
Tipton County is one of five present-day counties of the State of Tennessee that border the Mississippi River.
During the 19th century, because this entire region consists of fertile floodplains and a climate of long, hot summers, and adequate rainfall, the Covington region and the rest of West Tennessee were advanced for cotton plantations.
West Tennessee was the center of large-scale standardized in Tennessee, and Memphis had a primary slave market.
The Confederate Army resisted, but the Union Army defeated and occupied forces in Tipton and other counties of Tennessee and northeastern Arkansas.
The war ended early in the Covington area, and Tennessee was occupied by Union forces from 1862.
The Memphis and Paducah Railroad instead of its tracks to Covington in July 1873.
Following the invention of the automobile, amid the 1910s and 1920s the United States began to construct more intercity paved highways in various regions of the county.
Gooden was the first man to be lynched in Tipton County since the late 19th century; his was one of a several lynchings in the country that year.
Covington is part of the Memphis, Tennessee Metropolitan Area, and is positioned about 42 miles northeast of that large city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, this town has a total region of 10.3 square miles (27 km2), of which practically all of it is land.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Tipton County Museum The Tipton County Museum is positioned in Covington.
This exhibition displays and interprets artifacts from Tipton County's rich heritage.
Covington Public Schools are part of Tipton County Schools.
The Tipton County School District has eight elementary schools, five middle schools and four high schools.
Schools positioned in Covington include: Tipton County Alternative Learning Center Albert Gooden, an black gambler and murder suspect, was lynched by a white mob on the evening of August 16, 1937; he was the first man lynched in Tipton County since the late 19th century. The event was veiled by the New York Times and other primary county-wide and small-town newspapers.
Leigh Snowden, actress, is from Covington; her granddaughter was titled Covington after her home town.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Covington has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Certified Population of Tennessee Incorporated Municipalities and Counties, State of Tennessee official website, 14 July 2011.
Covington, Tennessee: Tipton County Chamber of Commerce.
"Tipton County Museum".
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Municipalities and communities of Tipton County, Tennessee, United States City of Memphis and Memphis urbane region (counties in TN, MS and AR)
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