Salt Lick, KY

Salt Lick is a home rule-class city in Bath County, Kentucky, in the United States. The 2020 census counted 247 residents. The community at the present site of Salt Lick was originally named Vail when the first post office was established in 1882. The town was laid out and renamed in 1884; the post office followed suit four years later after the city was formally incorporated. A newcomer can read Salt Lick through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Salt Lick comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Salt Lick is located at the intersection of US 60 and KY 211 beside the Licking River. Salt Lick is part of the Mount Sterling micropolitan area.