Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Broad farm fields in southwestern Rice Township


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map_caption = Location of Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio


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

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area_total_km2 = 60.0
area_land_km2 = 55.9
area_water_km2 = 4.1
area_total_sq_mi = 23.2
area_land_sq_mi = 21.6
area_water_sq_mi = 1.6

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1437
population_density_km2 = 25.7
population_density_sq_mi = 66.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 180
elevation_ft = 591
latd = 41 |latm = 26 |lats = 15 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 6 |longs = 49 |longEW = W

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Rice Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,437 people lived in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39143 Sandusky County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 13 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county along Sandusky Bay, it borders the following townships:
*Salem Township, Ottawa County - north
*Bay Township, Ottawa County - northeast, across Sandusky Bay
*Riley Township - southeast
*Sandusky Township - south
*Washington Township - west
*Harris Township, Ottawa County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Rice Township.

Name and history

It is the only Rice 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.sandusky-county.org County website]