Kenton County, Kentucky
Fort Wright Real Estate and Local Guide
A suburban Cincinnati-area city along the Interstate 75 corridor west of Covington, named for a Civil War Union fort and formed in 1941 from several small annexed communities.
Living in Fort Wright
The city is named for Fort Wright, a Union Army fort built in 1862 to help defend Cincinnati, itself named for Major General Horatio G. Wright. Source: history.ky.gov
Homes in Fort Wright
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Fort Wright home
James A. Ramage Civil War Museum
Museum housed in the historic Storer residence on the grounds of Battery Hooper Park
Battery Hooper
Restored 1862 Civil War artillery position from the Defense of Cincinnati
Latonia Springs site
Site of an 1830s spa and resort near Highland Pike and Banklick Creek, originally Lettonian Springs
Battery Hooper Park
Fourteen-acre park with the Ramage Civil War Museum, picnic shelters, and a play structure
Fort Wright Monarch Way Station Garden
Pollinator garden on the grounds of the Fort Wright City Building