 salt lick is a 6th-class city in bath county, kentucky, in the united states. the population was 303 at the 2010 u.s. census. ==history== the community at the present site of salt lick was originally named vail when the first post office was established in 1882. the town was laid out and renamed in 1884; the post office followed suit four years later after the city was formally incorporated.rennick, robert. kentucky place names, p. 262. university press of kentucky (lexington), 1987. accessed 5 october 2013. ==geography== salt lick is located at  (3
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