Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Scott Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Scott 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 = 94.2
area_land_km2 = 94.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 36.4
area_land_sq_mi = 36.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1502
population_density_km2 = 15.9
population_density_sq_mi = 41.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 215
elevation_ft = 705
latd = 41 |latm = 17 |lats = 41 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 22 |longs = 8 |longEW = W

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Scott Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,502 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 southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Madison Township - north
*Washington Township - northeast corner
*Jackson Township - east
*Liberty Township, Seneca County - southeast corner
*Jackson Township, Seneca County - south
*Perry Township, Wood County - southwest corner
*Montgomery Township, Wood County - west
*Freedom Township, Wood County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Scott Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Scott Townships are located in Adams, Brown, and Marion 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]