Marne is an

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and

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(CDP) in

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, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 772.

Geography

Marne is in eastern Licking County, in the eastern part of Madison Township.

Ohio State Route 16 State Route 16 (SR 16) is an east–west highway running from Columbus to Coshocton. Its western terminus is at Civic Center Drive (formerly U.S. Route 33) in Downtown Columbus, and its eastern terminus is at US 36. For much of its run th ...

forms the southern edge of the community, leading west to Newark, the Licking

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, and northeast to Coshocton. Marne is in the valley of the Licking River, which passes to the south of State Route 16. The Licking is an east-flowing tributary of the

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and part of the

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watershed. According to the

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, the Marne CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.16%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 783 people, 289 households, and 228 families living in the CDP. There were 301 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.42%

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, 0.64%

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, 0.13% Native American, 0.13% Asian, and 2.68% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.17% of the population. There were 289 households, out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were

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living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 2.99.

References

Census-designated places in Licking County, Ohio {{LickingCountyOH-geo-stub