Greetings From Your Mayor, Mike Cooper
Welcome to the City of Covington's Website and Hurricane Update Information
Updates to follow.Hurricane update information will be available in this section during a hurricane or other emergency event. You may be linked to St. Tammany Parish Government
, the National Hurricane weather service
Covington is open for business
Covington's Economic Development Department is available to assist the ambitious entrepreneur in pursuit of business ownership, as well as the representatives of multi-national corporations seeking the perfect Louisiana location. This department can furnish the latest information on state economic development incentives, Covington's own low interest loan and facade grant programs, and the latest information on available commercial real estate.
Greater Covington Center
A diverse community center suitable for meetings, conferences, training seminars and events of all sizes The Greater Covington Center
Other helpful information
John Wharton Collins, a New Orleans merchant by way of New York, founded the City of Covington in 1813 as the Town of Wharton. John Collins' father, Thomas Wharton fled to Philadelphia from Scotland after the Seven Years War in 1763. History