Sandusky Township is one of the twelve
townships
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of
Sandusky County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census, 3,551 people lived in the township.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Rice Township - north
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Riley Township - east
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Green Creek Township - southeast corner
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Ballville Township - south
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Jackson Township - southwest corner
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Washington Township - west
It is the only township in Sandusky County without a border on another county.
Most of the city of
Fremont, the
county seat
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of Sandusky County, is located in southern Sandusky Township. The
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
of
Stony Prairie also lies in southwestern Sandusky Township.
The
Sandusky River
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flows through Sandusky Township before emptying into Sandusky Bay.
Name and history
Statewide, other Sandusky Townships are located in
Crawford and
Richland 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 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.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Sandusky County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio