THE COVINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Outer Piedmont setting.
Covington city has 15.8 square miles of land in Newton County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Outer Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Covington and Newton County
Covington is associated with Newton County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Covington by land and water
The Census records 0.24 square miles of water within Covington, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 1.9% recorded for Newton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Covington city has 7.1 times the land area of nearby Oxford city (2.21 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

