Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bay Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Bay Township in Ottawa County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Ottawa

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area_total_km2 = 56.7
area_land_km2 = 41.9
area_water_km2 = 14.8
area_total_sq_mi = 21.9
area_land_sq_mi = 16.2
area_water_sq_mi = 5.7

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1294
population_density_km2 = 30.9
population_density_sq_mi = 80.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 176
elevation_ft = 577
latd = 41 |latm = 29 |lats = 32 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 0 |longs = 47 |longEW = W

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Bay Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,294 people in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39123 Ottawa County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county along Sandusky Bay, it borders the following townships:
*Erie Township - north
*Portage Township - east
*Margaretta Township, Erie County - southeast corner, across Sandusky Bay
*Riley Township, Sandusky County - south, across Sandusky Bay
*Rice Township, Sandusky County - southwest corner, across Sandusky Bay
*Salem Township - west

A small part of the city of Port Clinton, the county seat of Ottawa County, is located in the northeastern corner of Bay Township.

The Portage River forms the border with Erie Township

Name and history

It is the only Bay Township statewide.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township clerk, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.ottawa.oh.us County website]