Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Ballville Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Sandusky

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area_total_km2 = 88.8
area_land_km2 = 87.7
area_water_km2 = 1.1
area_total_sq_mi = 34.3
area_land_sq_mi = 33.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6395
population_density_km2 = 72.9
population_density_sq_mi = 188.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 197
elevation_ft = 646
latd = 41 |latm = 19 |lats = 10 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 7 |longs = 45 |longEW = W

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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. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39143 Sandusky County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 13 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Sandusky Township - north
*Riley Township - northeast corner
*Green Creek Township - east
*Adams Township, Seneca County - southeast corner
*Pleasant Township, Seneca County - south
*Liberty Township, Seneca County - southwest corner
*Jackson Township - west
*Washington Township - northwest corner

Part of the city of Fremont, the county seat of Sandusky County, is located in northern Ballville Township, as well as the census-designated place of Ballville.

The Sandusky River runs through Ballville Township prior to Fremont on its way to Lake Erie to the north.

Name and history

It is the only Ballville 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.sandusky-county.org County website]