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2017 Map of Covington

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Covington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The city of Covington serves as the focal point of this Newton County landscape, where urban street grids transition into a rural network of ridges and river valleys. The Alcovy River and its numerous tributaries, including Hurricane Cr and Wrights Cr, carve through the terrain, flanked by notable elevations like Alcovy Ridge and River Cove Ridge. This geography historically dictated the placement of outlying settlements such as Starrsville and Hayston, which remain connected by a web of traditional county roads.

Genealogists and local historians will find a high density of burial sites across the quadrangle, ranging from the large Covington City Cem and the Confederate Soldiers Cem near the town center to smaller family and community plots like Echols Cem and Rakestraw Cem. The modern aviation history of the area is represented by private airstrips including Windy Hill Airport and Neely Farms Airport, which sit among the farms and woodlands southeast of the main city.