Vickery is an

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and a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

in western Townsend Township, Sandusky County,

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. It has a

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with the ZIP code 43464 and a

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called Townsend Township FD. The population of the CPD was 101 at the 2020 census.

History

Vickery was

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ted in 1881 by Robert Vickery, and named for him. A post office has been in operation at Vickery since 1881.

References

Unincorporated communities in Sandusky County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio Census-designated places in Sandusky County, Ohio {{SanduskyCountyOH-geo-stub