Historical Marker
Pioneer Surveyor
Historical marker location:
Bowling Green, Kentucky
( Covington Woods Park,US 31-W, Bowling Green)
General Elijah M. Covington of the Kentucky Militia came here from North Carolina in 1795 to farm and survey. Acquired 23,000 acres in Warren, Logan, Edmonson counties. He became Warren County's first sheriff and surveyor. Helped to select the early site of Bowling Green and made the first survey of Mammoth Cave. This park named for him, purchased by city, 1933.