Chronicles of Boone County

Kenton County (Ky.)

Item

Title

Kenton County (Ky.)

Description

Located in northern Kentucky along the Ohio River, across from Cincinnati, Ohio, Kenton County has two county seats--Covington and Independence. The county was named for pioneer Simon Kenton (1755–1836).

Has beginning

1840

Identifier

USGS GNIS ID: 516905

U.S. Census code: 99117

Parent division/institution

Kentucky

Related resource

The official website of Kenton County, Kentucky

Source

Geographic Names Information System

Item sets

Counties--Kentucky

Linked resources

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Items with "Life event(s): Kenton County (Ky.)"

Title	Class
Clarkson, Anselem	Person
Clarkson, Austin Elliott	Person
Delaney, Fannie	Person
Dickey, Fielding	Person
Dulaney, John James	Person
Frazier, Emily	Person
Gaines, John [1]	Person
Gatton, Martha	Person
Gedge, William H.	Person
Goodridge, Julia	Person
Green, Thomas [2]	Person
Hamilton, Richard [2]	Person
Harper, Wilson	Person
Klopp, Jacob	Person
Loder, Lewis Allen	Person
Meacham, Asa S	Person
Percival, Ira	Person
Piatt, Daniel	Person
Rice, Reece Jackson	Person
Robinson, Henry [1]	Person
Rogers, Warren	Person
Rouse, Elias Robert	Person
Sandford, Alfred Pope	Person
Sheets, Jennie	Person
Simpson, Joseph C.	Person