Sandusky Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Sandusky County

Sandusky County, Ohio

Sandusky County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,944. Its county seat is Fremont and it is named for a native word meaning "water" ....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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, 4,087 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Rice Township
  Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Rice Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,437 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county along Sandusky Bay, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Riley Township
  Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Riley Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,302 people lived in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Green Creek Township
  Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Green Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 9,527 people lived in the township, 3,467 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Ballville Township
  Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Ballville Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 6,395 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,609 people lived in the township, 1,297 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,396 people lived in the township, 1,769 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

It is the only township in Sandusky County without a border on another county.

Most of the city of Fremont

Fremont, Ohio

Fremont Public Schools enroll 4,450 students in public primary and secondary schools. The district administers 9 public schools including seven elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, Fremont Ross. In addition, the city is home to one private catholic high school, Saint Joseph...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Sandusky County, is located in southern Sandusky Township. The census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Stony Prairie

Stony Prairie, Ohio

Stony Prairie is a census-designated place in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. The population was 836 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Stony Prairie is located at ....

 also lies in southwestern Sandusky Township.

The Sandusky River

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

Sandusky Township, Crawford County, Ohio

Sandusky Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 475 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cranberry Township - north...

 and Richland

Sandusky Township, Richland County, Ohio

Sandusky Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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, 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.