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Kenton County, Kentucky

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
77historic places
—earliest paper
1840formed
169,064pop. 2020
36cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 77 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Covington, Ludlow, Fort Mitchell.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Kenton titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

35 of 77 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

77 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Austinburg Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1987
Battery Bates and Battery CoombsCovingtonDistrict2018
Bavarian Brewing CompanyCovingtonBuilding1996
Beard, Daniel Carter, Boyhood Home NHLCovingtonBuilding1966
Beechwood Historic DistrictFort MitchellDistrict1989
Cathedral Basilica of the AssumptionCovingtonBuilding1973
Central Ludlow Historic DistrictLudlowDistrict1984
Covington Downtown Commercial Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1983
Covington Downtown Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)CovingtonDistrict2001
Covington Downtown Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)CovingtonDistrict1991
Covington Downtown Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)CovingtonDistrict1996
Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Bridge NHLCovingtonStructure1975
Dixie Highway Historic DistrictLakeside ParkDistrict1988
Duveneck, Frank, House and StudioCovingtonBuilding2015
Eleventh District SchoolCovingtonBuilding1983
Elmwood HallLudlowBuilding1972
Emery RowCovingtonBuilding1985
Emery-Price Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1987
Erlanger Proper Subdivision Historic DistrictErlangerDistrict2002
Feltman MoundTaylor MillSite2008
Fifth District SchoolCovingtonBuilding2005
Fort Mitchell Heights Historic DistrictFort MitchellDistrict1989
Fourth District Elementary SchoolCovingtonBuilding2010
GAR Monument in CovingtonCovingtonObject1997
Hearne HouseCovingtonBuilding1974
Helentown Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1987
Hellman Lumber and Manufacturing CompanyCovingtonBuilding2015
Highland Cemetery Historic DistrictFort MitchellDistrict1989
Holy Cross Church and School Complex-LatoniaCovingtonDistrict1986
House at 855-857 Oak StreetLudlowBuilding1984
House at 859 Oak StreetLudlowBuilding1984
Independence Historic DistrictIndependenceDistrict2024
JOHN W. HUBBARD (sternwheeler)CovingtonStructure1982
Kenney's CrossingCovingtonBuilding1990
Kenton County LibraryCovingtonBuilding1972
Kruempelman FarmhouseFort MitchellBuilding1989
LaSalette AcademyCovingtonBuilding2011
Lee-Holman Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1996
Lewisburg Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1993
Licking Riverside Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1975
Lincoln-Grant SchoolCovingtonBuilding2013
Linden Grove CemeteryCovingtonSite2001
Ludlow Lagoon ClubhouseLudlowBuilding1984
Ludlow Theater, TheLudlowBuilding2013
Magnus Metal Company BuildingLudlowBuilding2023
Maxwell HouseLudlowBuilding1984
Merry, Prettyman, HouseBromleyBuilding1987
Metcalfe-Stephens HouseIndependenceBuilding1998
Moser Family HousesCovingtonBuilding2000
Mother Of God Roman Catholic ChurchCovingtonBuilding1973
Mutter Gottes Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1980
Mutter Gottes Historic District (Boundary Increase)CovingtonDistrict1980
Northern Bank of KentuckyCovingtonBuilding1998
Odd Fellows HallCovingtonBuilding1980
Ohio Riverside Historic District (Boundary Increase)CovingtonDistrict1987
Old Fort Mitchell Historic DistrictFort MitchellDistrict1989
Overman & Schrader Cordage CompanyCovingtonBuilding2025
Park Hills Historic DistrictPark HillsDistrict2008
Patton, Robert, HouseCovingtonBuilding1984
Peaselburg Neighborhood Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict2017
Pleasant Run Stone House IBromleyBuilding1987
Pleasant Run Stone House IIBromleyBuilding1987
Ritte's Corner Historic District, LatoniaCovingtonDistrict1987
Ritte's Corner Historic District, Latonia (Boundary Increase)CovingtonDistrict2001
Ritte's East Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict2014
Riverside Drive Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1971
Seminary Square Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1980
Shinkle, Amos, Summer ResidenceSouth Ft. MitchellBuilding1983
St. Augustine Church ComplexCovingtonBuilding2005
The Wolke HouseCovingtonBuilding2025
Trinity Episcopal ChurchCovingtonBuilding1982
Veteran's Monument in CovingtonCovingtonObject1997
Wadsworth Electric Manufacturing CompanyCovingtonBuilding1994
Wallace Woods Area Residential Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1983
West Fifteenth Street Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1987
West Side-Main Strasse Historic DistrictCovingtonDistrict1983
Yeager, William A., and Edward Mohr FarmsteadIndependenceDistrict1994

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Kenton was formed in 1840 (1840-04-30) from Campbell.

KENTON created from CAMPBELL.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Kenton County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

169k88k7,8161840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,81625,46743,98363,59173,45393,139104,254120,700137,058151,464169,064

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
wihoPark unit21.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

36 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 36 of 36 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery38.90902-84.48605
Allphin Cemetery38.81207-84.60997
Armstrong Cemetery38.98161-84.46972
Byland Cemetery38.85783-84.58246
Collins Cemetery38.79676-84.59788
Cruises Creek Baptist Church Cemetery38.87876-84.56982
Culbertson Cemetery38.99409-84.46302
Fishback Cemetery38.81021-84.54577
Floral Hills Memorial Gardens38.99867-84.50272
Forest Lawn Memorial Park39.01644-84.59327
Grayson Cemetery38.82064-84.58869
Highland Cemetery39.04747-84.54624
Hoffman Cemetery38.91057-84.51988
Holy Guardian Angels Cemetery39.02698-84.53609
Independence Cemetery38.93611-84.54189
Klette Cemetery38.96166-84.49444
Linden Grove Cemetery39.07437-84.51514
Mother of God Cemetery39.04812-84.51716
Northcutt Cemetery38.84947-84.57175
Peoples Cemetery38.80547-84.57898
Powers Cemetery38.82331-84.60887
Pruett - Mardis Cemetery38.94638-84.48171
Rapp Cemetery38.88721-84.46461
Rector Cemetery38.9434-84.60027
Saint Cecilias Cemetery38.94043-84.54669
Saint Johns Cemetery39.05968-84.55238
Saint Marys Cemetery39.04423-84.54971
Sayers Cemetery38.81339-84.58855
Simmons Cemetery38.90693-84.46881
Tucker Cemetery38.82846-84.54365
Watkins Cemetery38.79913-84.56763
Wayman Cemetery38.98432-84.53498
White Cemetery38.96284-84.46406
Wilmington Baptist Church Cemetery38.8102-84.50441
Woodsdale Cemetery38.99006-84.50629
Young Cemetery38.86645-84.52383
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Amsterdam39.07186-84.53619
Cloud City39.02087-84.51149
Sandfordtown39.03396-84.53487
Sanfordtown39.02917-84.53528
West Covington39.08877-84.52982
Winston Hills39.02178-84.49274

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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