Licking County, Ohio

Founding: 1808
Parent county: Fairfield

Namesake: The Licking River
Seat: Newark (1808–)

Land area: 683 square miles

Population (2020): 178,519

Population (historic): 3,851 (1810); 38,846 (1850); 40,450 (1880); 47,070 (1900); 59,962 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1870–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; 11 villages; six CDPs; 25 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,825 (17%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,566
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,196
Average farmhouse value (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,138
Average farm size (1920): 81.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont
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Newark

Namesake: Newark, New Jersey

Founding: 1802 (platting); 1809 (post office); 1813 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 49,934

Population (historic): 232 (1810); 2,705 (1840); 6,698 (1870); 18,157 (1900); 30,596 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1970; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,429 (24.5%)
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