Rocky Fork (Licking River tributary)

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Rocky Fork is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1] It is a tributary of the Licking River.

Rocky Fork was descriptively named for the boulders along its course. [2] [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rocky Fork (Licking River tributary)
  2. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 119.
  3. Brister, Edwin M. P. (1909). Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 266.

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