Margaretta Township is one of the nine

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of Erie County,

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, United States. It is part of the

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. As of the 2010 census the population was 5,981, 4,497 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city: * Portage Township, Ottawa County - north across

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, west of Danbury Township * Danbury Township, Ottawa County - north across Sandusky Bay, east of Portage Township * Sandusky - northeast * Perkins Township - east * Oxford Township - southeast corner * Groton Township - south * Townsend Township, Sandusky County - southwest * Riley Township, Sandusky County - west across Sandusky Bay * Bay Township, Ottawa County - northwest across Sandusky Bay The farthest north and west township in Erie County, Margaretta Township is the only county township with any border on Ottawa County. Two villages are located in Margaretta Township: Bay View on the Sandusky Bay shoreline, and

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in the center of the township. The

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s of Crystal Rock and Whites Landing lie in the township's northwest and far west. A section in the northwest is the only part of Erie County to lie outside the

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Name and history

Margaretta Township was named for several family members named Margaret, namely the mother, sister, and nieces of Major Frederick Falley, a founder of the township. It is the only Margaretta Township statewide.

Economy

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operates a manufacturing facility in Margaretta, under its Automotive Components Holdings banner. The plant formerly operated under the

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name, but changed in 2005.

Government

Margaretta Township hall and fire station

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 fiscal officer,§503.24§505.01
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

Township websiteCounty website
{{authority control Townships in Erie County, Ohio Townships in Ohio