Talk:Blacklick, Ohio

Etymology
I doubt Black Lick was named after H. G. Black, as W. Edson Richmond claims, but I could not find any other authoritative source that gives an alternative etymology of Black Lick which would confirms my findings.

Black Lick Creek is on John Mansfield's map from 1807, which Richmond himself references. It is also mentioned in writing in 1818 and labeled on maps from 1819. However, Henry George Black was not born until 1817, grew up 40 miles away in Rushville and didn't own his land in Black Lick until sometime after 1856 and before 1883 according to available Franklin County landowner maps. There are writings about Black Lick from 1858, and both Black Lick and H. G. Black from 1880 and 1901. None of these writings mention any connection between the community's name and Mr. Black, despite the 1901 work giving a fair amount of details of Mr. Black's life, career and residence.

SteveCastro (talk) 04:31, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

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