Place:Licking, Ohio, United States

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Licking County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 178,519. Its county seat is Newark. The county was formed on January 30, 1808, from portions of Fairfield County.

It is named after the Licking River, which is thought to be named for the salt licks that were in the area. However, one account explains it as an English pronunciation of the river's indigenous Delaware name W'li/'ik'/nk, which means "where the flood waters recede".

Licking County is part of the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1800 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1808 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1809 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1809 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1810 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1810 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1875 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1875 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1810 3,852
1820 11,861
1830 20,869
1840 35,096
1850 38,846
1860 37,011
1870 35,756
1880 40,450
1890 43,279
1900 47,070
1910 55,590
1920 56,426
1930 59,962
1940 62,279
1950 70,645
1960 90,242
1970 107,799
1980 120,981
1990 128,300

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Licking County, Ohio, United States

Research Tips

Licking County has a special interest in that it had two independent groups of settlers -- Welsh immigrants leaving a failed settlement in Beulah in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and settlers from New England. Sources that cover one group may take little notice of the other. Here's a chapter from an 1881 history that describes the Welsh settlement [1] -- scroll down to page 241 -- from the Anglo point of view.

Resources

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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