Welcome to Covington County, Alabama
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Covington County was created on
1821 Dec. 17. Its boundaries were
rearranged in 1824, 1841 and 1868. It was named for Brig. Gen. Leonard
Wailes Covington, a soldier in the War of 1812 (Maryland). In 1868
Aug.,
the name was changed to Jones County, though the original name was
restored in 1868 Oct. The county is located in the south-central part
of
the state, bordering Florida on the South. It presently comprises 1,038
square miles.
On December 18, 1821, the Alabama
General Assembly appointed Covington
County commissioners William Carter Jr., James R. Mobley, Aaron
Lockhart, Henry Jones, and Abel Polk “to fix and designate a
suitable
place for a seat of Justice, and to contract for, and superintend the
erection of such public buildings” as necessary for the use of
the
county. Originally known as Covington Court House, the county seat was
named Montezuma by 1824 and was located on the banks of the Conecuh
River near this site. Due to repeated flooding, the seat of justice was
moved to present day Andalusia in 1844 and Montezuma was eventually
abandoned.
The populated locations of Covington
County are at Babbie, Carolina,
Florala, Gantt, Heath, Horn Hill, Libertyville, Lockhart, Onycha, Opp,
River Falls and Sanford.
Sparsely populated areas of
Covington County: Antioch, Beck, Beda,
Beulah, Blairs, Blue Springs, Boston, Boykin, Brooks, Cedar Grove,
Clearview, Coldwater, Dunns, Duvall, Eoda, Estohel, Fairfield, Falco,
Five Points, Friendship, Harmony, Howells, Huckaville, Loango, McRae,
Opine, Rawls, Red Level, Rome, Rose Hill, Stanley, Stedman, Straughn,
Valley of Shiloh, Wiggins and Wing.
Neighboring
Counties
Alabama Counties: Butler, Coffee,
Conecuh, Crenshaw,
Escambia, Geneva Florida Counties: Okaloosa, Walton
Ken
Flowers - Covington County Coordinator
Last Updated - February 2019
