page_title: Licking County, Ohio
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Licking County, Ohio / Communities
caption_attribution_description: Map of Licking County, Ohio, United States with township and municipal boundaries
context_page_description: Licking County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 166,492. 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.
caption: Map of Licking County, Ohio with Municipal and Township Labels
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