Sandusky Township, Richland County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Sandusky Township, Richland County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Much of Sandusky Township is used for farmland, such as this land along U.S. Route 30.


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map_caption = Location of Sandusky Township in Richland County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 37.0
area_land_km2 = 37.0
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 14.3
area_land_sq_mi = 14.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 856
population_density_km2 = 23.1
population_density_sq_mi = 59.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 362
elevation_ft = 1188
latd = 40 |latm = 45 |lats = 54 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 42 |longs = 37 |longEW = W

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Sandusky Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census found 856 people in the township, 853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39139 Richland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Sharon Township - north
*Springfield Township - east
*Troy Township - southeast, north of Troy Township, Morrow County
*Troy Township, Morrow County - southeast corner, north of Troy Township, Richland County
*North Bloomfield Township, Morrow County - south
*Polk Township, Crawford County - southwest
*Jackson Township, Crawford County - northwest

A small part of the city of Crestline is located in northwestern Sandusky Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Sandusky Townships are located in Crawford and Sandusky 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.richlandcountyoh.us County website]