Groton Township is one of the nine
townships
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of
Erie County,
Ohio
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, United States. It is part of the
Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky ( ) is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Sandusky is located roughly midway between Toledo, Ohio, Toledo ( west) and Cleveland ( east). At the 2020 United Stat ...
metropolitan statistical area. As of the
2020 census the population was 1,379.
Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Margaretta Township - north
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Perkins Township - northeast corner
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Oxford Township - east
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Ridgefield Township, Huron County - southeast corner
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Lyme Township, Huron County - south
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York Township, Sandusky County - west
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Townsend Township, Sandusky County - northwest
A small corner of the city of
Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French.
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Places
Australia
* Bellevue, Queensland
* Bellevue, Western Australia
* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
Canada
* Bellevue, Alberta
* Bellevue, Newfoundlan ...
is located in southwestern Groton Township.
Name and history
It is the only Groton 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
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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
County website
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Townships in Erie County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio