While the city of 6,574 is often described as a residential community of well-kept homes and friendly people, Fort Wright most recently was in the news for turmoil in its police department. Former Police Chief Mark Brown, who came under fire last spring in part because of his handling of a female officer's sexual harassment complaints against other officers, was fired Aug. 13, after a three-day administrative hearing. Just two days before Mr. Brown was found guilty on administrative charges, the three-year police chief filed to run for Fort Wright mayor against Gene Weaver, a city council member and former police chief. We've been through a lot of trials in this city, but things continue on. Fort Wright's commercial area is along Dixie Highway.
People care about how the city looks.
It has that upper-class appearance. Except for pockets of commercial development along Dixie Highway, Fort Wright remained mostly rural well into the 20th century. There were no streetlights, and we didn't even have a fire department. Whenever we had a fire, we had to call in volunteers from one of the other departments around us. Named for engineer Fort Wright, named for the Union engineer who designed Northern Kentucky's military defenses during the Civil War, was incorporated in 1941.