York Township is one of the twelve
townships
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of
Sandusky County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2000 census, 2,512 people lived in the township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*
Townsend Township - north
*
Groton Township, Erie County - northeast
*
Lyme Township, Huron County - southeast
*
Thompson Township, Seneca County - south
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Adams Township, Seneca County - southwest corner
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Green Creek Township - west
*
Riley Township - northwest corner
Parts of two cities are located in York Township:
Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to:
Placenames
Australia
* Bellevue, Western Australia
* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
* Bellevue, Queensland
* Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales
Canada ...
in the southeast, and
Clyde Clyde may refer to:
People
* Clyde (given name)
* Clyde (surname)
Places
For townships see also Clyde Township
Australia
* Clyde, New South Wales
* Clyde, Victoria
* Clyde River, New South Wales
Canada
* Clyde, Alberta
* Clyde, Ontario, a tow ...
in the west.
Name and history
It is one of ten
York 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 fiscal officer,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
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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.
Notable people
* George W. Norris, U.S. Senator from Nebraska
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Sandusky County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio