Blacklick is a small unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in southern Jefferson Township

Jefferson Township, Franklin County, Ohio

Jefferson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,322 people in the township, 4,599 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Franklin County

Franklin County, Ohio

Franklin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. In 2010 the population was 1,163,414, making it the second largest county in Ohio and the 34th largest county in population in the United States. Franklin County is also the largest in the eight-county Columbus, Ohio...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. Blacklick is also included in the Columbus Metropolitan area. The tiny community began as a railroad station and is situated at the intersection of the railroad and High Street (known outside the Village as Reynoldsburg New Albany Rd.) just north of Broad Street in eastern Franklin County. Blacklick Creek

Blacklick Creek (Ohio)

Blacklick Creek is a tributary stream of Big Walnut Creek in Ohio, flowing through Licking, Fairfield and Franklin counties. The creek's name was originally given by Native Americans, who had noticed the animals that frequented the creek to lick its black-colored salt stones...

 gently flows through Blacklick and serves as the community's namesake. The Blacklick Post Office (zip code 43004) used to be within the community but has moved just south of the community on Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road. Blacklick is the site of Jefferson Cemetery, an active cemetery operated by Jefferson Township. The community has no school district, but it is split into five school districts, Columbus City Schools in Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

, Gahanna Jefferson City Schools in Gahanna, Ohio

Gahanna, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 32,636 people, 11,990 households, and 8,932 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,632.8 people per square mile . There were 12,390 housing units at an average density of 999.5 per square mile...

, Licking Heights Local School District in Pataskala, Ohio

Pataskala, Ohio

Pataskala is a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,249 at the 2000 census. Pataskala was a small community until 1996, when what was then the village of Pataskala merged with Lima Township, vastly increasing its population and geographic area.-Geography:Pataskala is...

, New Albany-Plain Local School District

New Albany-Plain Local School District

The New Albany-Plain Local School District is located in and around New Albany, Ohio in central Ohio, about northeast of downtown Columbus, Ohio. The school district covers an area of , all located in the northeast corner of Franklin County, Ohio...

 in New Albany, Ohio

New Albany, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,711 people, 1,263 households, and 1,030 families residing in the village. The population density was 415.7 people per square mile . There were 1,424 housing units at an average density of 159.5 per square mile...

, and Reynoldsburg City Schools in Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Reynoldsburg is a city in Fairfield, Franklin, and Licking counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburban community in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area...

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