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"City of Covington Police Department" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00020744, (accessed July 24, 2025).

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Covington, Kentucky, police force. Created by ordinance of the Covington City Council in March 1857. City marshals: Clinton Butts (1857-1859), John McLaughlin (1859-1861), Clinton Butts (1861).

Paul A. Tenkotte, James C. Claypool, David E. Schroeder, eds., _Gateway City: Covington, Kentucky 1815-2015 (Covington, KY: Clerisy Press, 2015), 345-64.

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