Blacklick Creek (Ohio)

Infobox River
river_name = Blacklick Creek

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caption = Blacklick Creek in the Three Creeks Metro Park
origin = ~ 4 mi (6.4 km) southwest of Johnstown
mouth = Big Walnut Creek near Obetz, Ohio
basin_countries =
length = 27 mi (43 km)
elevation = ~ 1,190 ft (363 m) U.S. Geological Survey. Jersey quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1988.]
mouth_elevation = ~ 715 ft (218 m) U.S. Geological Survey. Southeast Columbus quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1992.]
discharge =
watershed = 63 mi² (163 km²) [cite web| title = Map of Ohio watersheds | url = http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/water/watersheds/Basins72PDI_40x40_OnScreen.gif]

Blacklick Creek is a tributary stream of Big Walnut Creek in Licking, Fairfield and Franklin counties. The 27 mile long rock and slate bed creek has its headwaters near Mink Street in Jersey Township in northwestern Licking County . It enters Franklin County in northeast Plain Township and flows near the Licking-Franklin Counties border. In southwest Reynoldsburg the stream enters Fairfield County. It re-enters Franklin County near Brice. The stream meets the Big Walnut Creek in Columbus, Ohio near Hamilton Road. The creek gets its name from the Native Americans who lived in the area and named the creek Black Lick because animals frequented the creek to lick the black colored salt stones in the creek.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Blacklick Creek has also been known as: Gnis|1066588|Blacklick Creek]
*Black Lick Fork
*Blacks Lick Creek
*Big Lick Creek
*Black Lick Creek

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