BlockCovington, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in South Sioux City City. It lies in ZIP code area 68776. The Survey maps it on the Sioux City South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Covington
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Meisch Houselisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Sioux City South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Sioux City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Sioux City South quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
838 words on this townshipWarner's History of Dakota County, Nebraska, from the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, and Anecdotes of Ye Olden Times, published 1893 names this settlement in its chapter on South Sioux City City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The Covington and South Sioux City Street R. R.Co. was organized and road built in 1887, the incorporators being E. C. Palmer, J. M. Moan, b'rank Hunt, C. D. Smiley, E. B. Wilbur, Atlee Hart and Judge T. L.Griffey. The first officers were E. B. Wilbur, president; J. M. Moan, vice president; Frank Hunt, secretary; C. D. Smiley, treasurer. In July, 1889 the South Sioux City Electric Motor Street R. R. Co. was organized, the old Company being absorbed in the new one. The present officers are C. D. Smiley, president; E. C. Palmer, secretary; Frank Hunt, treasurer. The line will be extended to Crystal Lake on the completion of the Short Line combination bridge across the Missouri river.
Passage source: Warner's History of Dakota County, Nebraska, from the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, and Anecdotes of Ye Olden Times, published 1893.
Stanton Addition. - In 1S56 Marion Pinkertoi and John Fitzpatrick entered a tract of land east of the town site of Covington. E. L. Wilbur pureh sed the Fitzpatrick portion and sold it to E. D. Stanton in 1864, the latter laying out the town of Stanton here, in 1870. The town never made any progress until 1889, when the pontoon bridge was built across the river with the Nebraska terminus at the foot of Bloodgood street. That year it grew very rapidly and built up with a large number of saloons, gambling houses,, etc., which were afterwards burned to t'lo ground, (see chapter on fires.) When South Sioux City was established Stanton was incorporated in that town.
Passage source: Warner's History of Dakota County, Nebraska, from the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, and Anecdotes of Ye Olden Times, published 1893.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on South Sioux City City - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Covington (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 144 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 23 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 1001 RIVER DRIVE |
| 11 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 319 DD |
| 29 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Covington (historical): 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sioux City | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Freeway Homes | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| North Shore | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Millis Beach | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Dakota City | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Jackson | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Willis | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hubbard | 11.7 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Covington (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17986696 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1883989. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.