Editing Covington, Ohio (section)

==History==
Covington was laid out in 1816.<ref>{{cite book|last=Harbaugh|first=T. C.|title=Centennial history. Troy, Piqua and Miami county, Ohio|url=https://archive.org/stream/centennialhistor00harb#page/96/mode/2up|year=1909|publisher=Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.|location=Chicago|page=96}}</ref> Early variant names were Friendship, Newberry, and Stillwater.<ref>{{cite book|title=The History of Miami County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNcyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA463|year=1880|publisher=Windmill Publications|page=463}}</ref> A post office called Stillwater was established in 1825, and the name was changed to Covington in 1836.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Miami |title=Miami County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=January 9, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050909211526/http://postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Miami |archivedate=September 9, 2005 }}</ref>

The area experienced a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2024 eclipse in Covington, Ohio, USA
 |url=https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse-cities/city/31106.html |publisher=clipse2024.org |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>