Covington

Covington Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,206 as of the 2020 Census.

Created from Wilkes-Barre Township in 1818 and named after Brigadier General Leonard Covington of Maryland, who fought and died in the War of 1812 at Williamsburg in Canada. At the time of its creation, the township contained the whole of Henry Drinker's possessions in the southern part of old Luzerne County. The village of Daleville at the center of the township is named for David Dale, a man who arrived from England and bought land in the area from Mr. Drinker.