We are located at 10985 State Highway 171, Covington, TX 76636. Covington is a small town with a big heart. It is centrally located 15 miles between Cleburne and Hillsboro, which gives you many great options for restaurants, shopping, and entertainment. We are just over a mile from the local Dollar General and less than a mile from Cefco, the local convenience store. Also, we are only 8 miles from Interstate 35, making commuting quick & easy.
Covington is in Hill County in central Texas located at the intersection of FM 67 & State Highway 171. It was founded by Colonel James Jackson Gathings, formerly of North Carolina and Mississippi, in the spring of 1852, and is named for his wife’s family. Gathings secured about 10,000 acres of land in what is now Hill County, 100 of which were set aside for the new town of Covington. Gathings himself became postmaster of the community when its first post office opened in 1855. To attract more families to Covington, he and his brother Philip established Gathings College in the early 1860s. The school operated until 1885, at one time enrolling 200 students. By 1870 Covington had a population of nearly 500. Now, 153 years later, the population is around 323 and continually growing.
