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Licking County
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Licking County Towns - When Laid Out and by Whom
(Given in Chronological order)
(Source: Centennial History of Licking County,
Ohio by Isaac Smucker
Publ. Newark, Ohio: Clark & Underwood, Book and Job Printers - 1876)
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE
TOWNSHIPS OF LICKING COUNTY -
THE DATE OF THEIR ORGANIZATION - AND WHEN SETTLED.
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TOWNSHIPS |
WHEN ORGANIZED |
WHEN SETTLED |
| 1. |
Licking |
1801 in Fairfield County |
1801 |
| 2. |
Granville |
1807 " " |
1801 |
| 3. |
Hanover |
1808 |
1801 |
| 4. |
Bowling Green |
1808 |
1802 |
| 5. |
Union |
1808 |
1800 |
| 6. |
Newton |
1809 |
1803 |
| 7. |
Newark |
1810 |
1801 |
| 8. |
Madison |
1812 |
1798 |
| 9. |
Monroe |
1812 |
1806 |
| 10. |
Washington |
1812 |
1808 |
| 11. |
Franklin |
1812 |
1805 |
| 12. |
St. Albans |
1813 |
1807 |
| 13. |
Hopewell |
1814 |
1806 |
| 14. |
Bennington |
1815 |
1809 |
| 15. |
Harrison |
1816 |
1806 |
| 16. |
Burlington |
1817 |
1806 |
| 17. |
Mary Ann |
1817 |
1809 |
| 18. |
McKean |
1818 |
1806 |
| 19. |
Hartford |
1819 |
1812 |
| 20. |
Perry |
1819 |
1810 |
| 21. |
Jersey |
1820 |
1815 |
| 22. |
Eden |
1822 |
1813 |
| 23. |
Fallsbury |
1826 |
1818 |
| 24 |
Liberty |
1827 |
1821 |
| 25. |
Lima |
1827 |
1805 |
| 26. |
Etna |
1833 |
1815 |
CITY AND VILLAGE POPULATION
Population of the City of
Newark, and the Towns and Villages of Licking County, according to
the Census of 1870, given in order of their numbers.
| Newark |
6698 |
| Granville |
1109 |
| Hebron |
478 |
| Pataskala, (first called Conine) |
462 |
| Jackson |
438 |
| Utica, (first called Wilmington,) |
384 |
| Brownsville |
384 |
| Hanover |
322 |
| Alexandria |
303 |
| Kirkersville |
295 |
| Etna, (first called Carthage) |
258 |
| Johnstown |
241 |
| Hartford |
229 |
| Homer, (first called Burlington) |
226 |
| Columbia, (sometimes called Columbus Center) |
205 |
| St. Louisville |
166 |
| Chatham, (first called Harrisburg) |
156 |
| Gratiot, (Licking County's portion) |
154 |
| Elizabethtown |
113 |
| Jersey |
101 |
| Linnville |
100 |
| Fredonia |
99 |
| Vanattasburg |
70 |
| Appleton |
56 |
| Luray |
55 |
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Total |
13,102 |
N. B. - Amsterdam, Toboso,
Wagram, New Way, Fallsburg, Boston, Moscow, Sylvania, Summit
Station, Union Station and perhaps other villages were not
separately enumerated, but were included in the total population.
| TOWNS |
WHEN LAID OUT |
AND BY WHOM |
| *Newark |
1802 |
W. C. Schenck, J. N. Cummings
and J. Burnet |
| Granville |
1806 |
Licking Land Company |
| Johnstown |
1813 |
Henry Bigelow |
| Utica |
1814 |
Major William Robertson |
| Homer |
1816 |
John Chonner |
| Hartford |
1824 |
Ezekiel Wells and Elijah Durfey |
| Hebron |
1827 |
John W. Smith |
| Jackson |
1829 |
Thomas Harris |
| Fredonia |
1829 |
Spencer Arnold, David Wood,
Jr., and S. Shaw |
| Gratiot |
1829 |
Adam Smith |
| Brownville |
1829 |
Adam Brown |
| Linnville |
1829 |
Samuel Parr |
| Chatham |
1829 |
John Waggoner |
| Elizabethtown |
1829 |
Leroy, Beverly, Abner and
Minerva Lemert |
| Lockport |
1830 |
James Holmes and C. W. Searle |
| Moscow |
1830 |
Daniel Green and William Green |
| Alexandria |
1830 |
Alexander Devilbliss |
| Wagram |
1831 |
(first called Cumberland)
Jeremiah Armstrong |
| Appleton |
1832 |
Titus Knox and Carey Mead |
| Etna |
1832 |
Lyman Turill
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| Jersey |
1832 |
L. Headley, W.
Condit, E. Beecher and A. D. Pearson |
| Kirkersville |
1832 |
William C. Kirker |
| Luray |
1832 |
Adam Sane and Richard Porter |
| Amsterdam |
1834 |
George Barnes |
| Sylvania |
1838 |
Jesse and Abraham Gosnell |
| St. Louisville |
1840 |
John Evans |
| Columbia |
1850 |
John Reese, Stephen Childs and
Mark Richey |
| Pataskala |
1851 |
Richard Conine |
| Hanover |
1852 |
J. H. Hollister |
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Fairfield, Licking, New Winchester, Belfast, Exeter,
Livingston, and Mount Hope are virtually extinct villages of Licking
County.
TOWNSHIPS
OF
LICKING COUNTY |
NUMBER OF
INHABITANTS
IN 1870 |
NAMES OF FIRST
SETTLERS IN EACH |
WHEN
SETTLED |
| Bennington |
907 |
Henry Iles |
1809 |
| Bowling Green |
1042 |
Michael Thorn, F. Myer and N. Neff |
1802 |
| Burlington |
1061 |
James Dunlap, C. Vanousdal and
others |
1806 |
| Eden |
782 |
W. Shannon, J. Oldaker and E. Brown |
1813 |
| Etna |
1224 |
J. Williams, J. Crouch, Nelsons &
Housers |
1815 |
| Fallsbury |
865 |
David Bright |
1818 |
| Franklin |
847 |
George Ernst, the Switzers and F.
Feasel |
1805 |
| Granville |
2127 |
John Jones, and Patrick Cunningham |
1801 |
| Hanover |
1165 |
Philip Barrick |
1801 |
| Harrison |
1242 |
Henry Drake |
1806 |
| Hartford |
1017 |
Daniel Poppleton |
1812 |
| Hopewell |
1009 |
W. Hull, I. Farmer, S. Pollock and
others |
1806 |
| Jersey |
1253 |
Joseph and Peter Headly and L.
Martin |
1815 |
| Liberty |
837 |
Rena Knight and others |
1821 |
| Licking |
1288 |
P. Sutton, J. Rathbone & J. & G.
Gillespie |
1801 |
| Lima |
1642 |
__ Hatfield, David and John Herron |
1805 |
| Madison |
959 |
Elias Hughes and John Ratliff |
1798 |
| Mary Ann |
804 |
__ Bush, a Virginian |
1809 |
| McKean |
990 |
John Price |
1806 |
| Monroe |
1119 |
Geo. W. Evans, Chas. and Geo. Green |
1806 |
| Newark |
7617 |
Samuel Parr and others |
1801 |
| Newton |
1283 |
John Evans |
1803 |
| Perry |
897 |
Samuel Hickerson and James Thrap |
1810 |
| St. Albans |
1110 |
John Cook Herron |
1807 |
| Union |
1855 |
John Van Buskir, the Ford's and
others |
1800 |
| Washington |
1252 |
Joseph Conard, John Lee and others |
1808 |
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36,196 |
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