Nashport, OH

Nashport is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Licking Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 449 residents. Nashport was founded in 1827, named for Captain Thomas Nash. A post office called Nashport has been in operation since 1834. A newcomer can read Nashport through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Nashport comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Nashport is in northwestern Muskingum County, in the western part of Licking Township. Nashport is bordered to the west by Licking County. The Licking River is a southeast-flowing tributary of the Muskingum River.