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Kenton County is the most populated county in the “Northern Kentucky” region with a population of more than 160,000. Kenton County is considered by many the most popular, and consequently, the most desirable overall county of the three to live, work, and play. Kenton County is home to the Crestview Hills Town Center, a newly constructed mixed-use commercial entertainment complex home to more than 65 prime retailers and fine restaurants.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kenton County has a total area of 164 square miles, of which, 162 is land and 2 square miles is water. Located to the east of Boone County and to the west of Campbell County, Kenton County, as Campbell County, are merely separated from downtown Cincinnati by the Ohio River. The cities located in Kenton County are: Bromley, Covington, Crescent Springs, Crestview Hills, Edgewood, Elsmere, Erlanger, Fort Mitchell, Fort Wright, Independence, Lakeside Park, Latonia, Ludlow, Park Hills, Taylor Mill, and Villa Hills. Established in 1840, Kenton County was named after a friend of Daniel Boone, another famous frontiersman, Simon Kenton. Resource(s): KentonCounty.org, Wikipedia.org, RapMLS.com
