OUR PURPOSE:    

    Through the efforts and resources of private and public sector partners, the Covington Business Association works to revitalize the Covington business community by promoting the community as stable and thriving while exemplifying a good quality of life.

DEMOGRAPHICS:

Covington is the county seat of Fountain County -- in west central Indiana -- on the banks of the historic Wabash River.  Located 3 miles northeast of I-74 and Indiana highway 63 approximately 1 hour north of Terre Haute and 14 miles east of Danville, IL.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

5 Crossings Parks

Carrnegie Library

Coffing Bros. Orchards (10 miles south)                                     

Covington City Park

Fountain County Clerk's Building

Historic National Register Homes

Portland Arch Nature Preserve

Rivercrest Golf Course (southside of town)

Savage Murals in Fountain Co. Court House

Turkey Run State Park (15 miles south)

Wabash River/Erie Canal

HOME TO MANY NOTABLES:

Olive Coffeen 

Educator, Listed in Guiness Book of Records (Longest Teaching Record). 18??-1943

Ed Hannegan

Minister to Prussia, U.S. Senator, Orator "54-40 or Fight", 1807-1859

 Cecil Harden

U.S. Congresswoman, 1894-1984

Eugene Savage

Muralist, 1883-1978

General David M. Shoup

Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps., 1904-1983

Daniel Voorhees

U.S. Senator, "Tall Sycamore of the Wabash", 1827-1897

Lew Wallace

Author, 1827-1905

Contact Information

President: Dale White - (765) 793-0702

Vice President:  Dawn Dixon - (765) 793-3460

Secretary:  Amy Wright - (765) 793-4500

Treasurer:  Bob Shelby - (765) 793-2221

FAX  :        765-793-0114

Postal address

P. O. Box 243, Covington, IN 47932

Electronic mail

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Last modified: April 17, 2008