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 _...