 thumb|250px|st. peter catholic church covington is a city in and the parish seat of st. tammany parish, louisiana, united states. the population was 8,765 at the 2010 census. it is located at a fork of the bogue falaya and the tchefuncte river. covington is part of the new orleans&ndash;metairie&ndash;kenner metropolitan statistical area. ==history== thumb|left|a train at covington in 1907 the earliest known settlement by europeans in the area was in 1800 by jacques dreux. in 1813, john wharton collins established a town there with the name of wharton. he is buried on the corner of the city cemetery directly across from the covington police department. there are conflicting stories about how the city came to be named covington. many historians believe the ci
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