Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

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official_name = Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Along the Sandusky River, which flows through Sandusky Township


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map_caption = Location of Sandusky 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 = 59.4
area_land_km2 = 58.1
area_water_km2 = 1.3
area_total_sq_mi = 23.0
area_land_sq_mi = 22.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4087
population_density_km2 = 70.3
population_density_sq_mi = 182.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 187
elevation_ft = 614
latd = 41 |latm = 22 |lats = 4 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 7 |longs = 38 |longEW = W

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Sandusky Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 4,087 people lived in the unincorporated portions of 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 center of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Rice Township - north
*Riley Township - east
*Green Creek Township - southeast corner
*Ballville Township - south
*Jackson Township - southwest corner
*Washington Township - west

It is the only township in Sandusky County without a border on another county.

Most of the city of Fremont, the county seat of Sandusky County, is located in southern Sandusky Township. The census-designated place of Stony Prairie also lies in southwestern Sandusky Township.

The Sandusky River flows through Sandusky Township before emptying into Sandusky Bay.

Name and history

Statewide, other Sandusky Townships are located in Crawford and Richland Counties.

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]