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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.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1800 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1808 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1809 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1809 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1810 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1875 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1875 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1810 | 3,852
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1820 | 11,861
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1830 | 20,869
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1840 | 35,096
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1850 | 38,846
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1860 | 37,011
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1870 | 35,756
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1880 | 40,450
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1890 | 43,279
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1900 | 47,070
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1910 | 55,590
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1920 | 56,426
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1930 | 59,962
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1940 | 62,279
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1950 | 70,645
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1960 | 90,242
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1970 | 107,799
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1980 | 120,981
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1990 | 128,300
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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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