Licking County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. At the 2020 census, the population was 178,519. Its county seat is Newark. The county was formed on January 30, 1808, from portions of Fairfield County.
Licking County Courthouse
View from a section of the Great Circle Earthworks, part of the Newark Earthworks.
Longaberger former headquarters in Newark, Ohio, a giant Longaberger medium market basket.
Newark is a city in, and the county seat of, Licking County, Ohio, United States; it is located 40 miles (64 km) east of Columbus at the junction of the forks of the Licking River. The population was 49,934 at the 2020 census, making it the 18th-largest city in Ohio. It is most known for having the world's largest basket, former headquarters of the now defunct Longaberger Company. The city is part of the Columbus metropolitan area.
Licking County Courthouse
Newark Earthworks mound, Hopewell culture, 100 AD-500 AD
Newark's Pennsylvania Railroad station
Home Savings Association Bank, Louis Sullivan, architect