Licking County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 1, 1808
- Named after
- Licking River
- Seat
- Newark
- Largest city
- Newark
- Total
- 687 sq mi (1,780 km )
- Land
- 683 sq mi (1,770 km )
- Water
- 5.0 sq mi (13 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 185,564
- Density
- 261/sq mi (101/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- lickingcounty .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Licking County - Home
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Native Americans in the United States
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Alexandria
- Capital
- Newark
- Population
- 178519
- Area
- 1783
- Shares border with
- Perry County
- Official website
- www.lcounty.com
- Image
- Licking County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Newark, OH.jpg
- Households
- 64466
- Licence plate code
- 45
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- Commons category
- Licking County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Licking County, Ohio
- inception
- 1808-03-01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Licking County, Ohio
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Licking County, Ohio
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Licking County
- different from
- Licking
- per capita income
- 33514
- P12749
- Satanoperca
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Encyclopedic overview
Licking County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. At 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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Licking County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.