York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = York Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of York 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 = 85.1
area_land_km2 = 85.1
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 32.8
area_land_sq_mi = 32.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2512
population_density_km2 = 29.5
population_density_sq_mi = 76.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 225
elevation_ft = 738
latd = 41 |latm = 17 |lats = 24 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 54 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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York Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,512 people lived in 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 southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Townsend Township - north
*Groton Township, Erie County - northeast
*Lyme Township, Huron County - southeast
*Thompson Township, Seneca County - south
*Adams Township, Seneca County - southwest corner
*Green Creek Township - west
*Riley Township - northwest corner

Parts of two cities are located in York Township: Bellevue in the southeast, and Clyde in the west.

Name and history

It is one of ten York Townships 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]