Put-in-Bay Township is one of the twelve

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of Ottawa County,

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, United States. The 2000 census found 763 people in the township, 635 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Communities

Put-in-Bay Put-in-Bay is a village located on South Bass Island in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States, east of Toledo. The population was 154 at the 2020 census. The village is a popular summer resort and recreational destinati ...

is a

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located at within the southern portion of the township. Put-In-Bay is located on the center of

South Bass Island South Bass Island is a small island in western Lake Erie, and a part of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the southernmost of the three Bass Islands and located 3 miles (4.6 km) from the south shore of Lake Erie. It is the third l ...

. *

Gibraltar Island Gibraltar Island (or the "Gem of Lake Erie") is an island in Ohio, located within Lake Erie. This small 6.55-acre (0.026 km²) island is just offshore of South Bass Island. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio. The rocky ...

is an

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located on

. The Ohio State University's Stone Laboratory is located in Gibraltar Island. The

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of Jay Cooke is located in Gibraltar Island. * Isle Saint George is an unincorporated community located at within the northern portion of the township on North Bass Island. * Middle Bass is an unincorporated community located at within the center of the township on

Middle Bass Island Middle Bass Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio, located in Lake Erie. A small town, Middle Bass, lies on the island. The 805-acre (3.258 km²) island is shaped like the Big Dipper and is one of three Bass Islands located at th ...

Geography

Islands

The township is composed of several islands located in

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, northeast of the rest of the county:

Boundaries

It has the following water boundaries: *

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- northeast *

Kelleys Island Kelleys Island is both a village in Erie County, Ohio, and the island which it fully occupies in Lake Erie. The British originally called it Sandusky Island. Later the United States took it over and officially designated it as Island Number 6 ...

- east * Catawba Island Township - southeast * Portage Township - south * Erie Township - southwest, southeast of Erie Township * Carroll Township - southwest, northwest of Erie Township * Jerusalem Township, Lucas County - northwest Several communities are located in Put-in-Bay Township: the popular

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village of

on South Bass Island, and the

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of Middle Bass on Middle Bass Island and Isle St. George on North Bass Island.

AVAs

One

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has been established in the township: * Isle St. George AVA

Demographics

2010

As of the

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of 2010, there were 633 people, 313 households, and 184 families residing in the township. The racial makeup of the township was 99.1%

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, 0.3%

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of any race were 0.5% of the population. There were 633 households, out of which 46.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were

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living together, 19.8% had a female householder with no husband present.

Name and history

It is the only Put-in-Bay Township 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 fiscal officer,§503.24§505.01
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of the

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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.

Township officials

References

External links

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