Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Across the broad fields of rural Townsend Township


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map_caption = Location of Townsend 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 = 87.6
area_land_km2 = 84.1
area_water_km2 = 3.5
area_total_sq_mi = 33.8
area_land_sq_mi = 32.5
area_water_sq_mi = 1.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1670
population_density_km2 = 19.9
population_density_sq_mi = 51.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 184
elevation_ft = 604
latd = 41 |latm = 23 |lats = 6 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 54 |longs = 15 |longEW = W

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Townsend Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,670 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 northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Margaretta Township, Erie County - northeast
*Groton Township, Erie County - southeast
*York Township - south
*Green Creek Township - southwest corner
*Riley Township - west

No municipalities are located in Townsend Township, although the unincorporated community of Vickery is located in the township's west.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Townsend Township is located in Huron County.

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]