Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Farm fields in northeastern Washington Township


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map_caption = Location of Washington 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 = 125.9
area_land_km2 = 125.8
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 48.6
area_land_sq_mi = 48.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2396
population_density_km2 = 19.1
population_density_sq_mi = 49.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 194
elevation_ft = 636
latd = 41 |latm = 24 |lats = 11 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 14 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-81592GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086919GR|3
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Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,396 people lived in the township, 1,769 of whom 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 northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Harris Township, Ottawa County - north
*Salem Township, Ottawa County - northeast corner, north of Rice Township
*Rice Township - northeast, south of Salem Township
*Sandusky Township - east
*Ballville Township - southeast corner
*Jackson Township - south
*Scott Township - southwest corner
*Madison Township - west
*Woodville Township - northwest

Four villages are located in Washington Township:
*Part of Elmore in the northwest
*Part of Gibsonburg in the west
*Part of Helena in the southwest
*Lindsey in the northeast

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington Townships 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]