Perkins Township, Erie County, Ohio

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official_name = Perkins Township, Erie County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside at the western edge of Perkins Township


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map_caption = Location of Perkins Township (red) in Erie County, adjacent to the city of Sandusky (yellow)


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

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area_total_km2 = 67.2
area_land_km2 = 67.0
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 26.0
area_land_sq_mi = 25.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 12578
population_density_km2 = 187.6
population_density_sq_mi = 486.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_m = 183
elevation_ft = 600
latd = 41 |latm = 23 |lats = 57 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 40 |longs = 52 |longEW = W

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Perkins Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. The 2000 census found 12,578 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39043 Erie County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*Sandusky - north
*Huron Township - east
*Milan Township - southeast corner
*Oxford Township - south
*Groton Township - southwest corner
*Margaretta Township - west

No municipalities are located in Perkins Township, although the census-designated places of Fairview Lanes and Sandusky South lie in the township's north along the border with the city of Sandusky, and the unincorporated community of Bogart lies in the township's east.

Name and history

It is the only Perkins Township statewide.

Economy

Perkins Township houses numerous large, commercialized and tourist-related businesses, due, in large part, to the nearby Cedar Point amusement park. With an increase in tourism, several prominent companies have also recently built large indoor/outdoor waterpark facilities, bolstering the area's vital tourism industry. In addition, the Sandusky Mall and Sandusky Speedway lie in Perkins Township.

Aside from the Mall District, the chief employer in Perkins Township is the township's Delphi Corporation plant. On March 31, 2006, Delphi announced that the plant in Perkins Township would be one of 21 it would close in the United States following the company's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2005. Although the Perkins Township plant remains open, its future is uncertain, as are those of the approximately 1,100 employed there. [ [http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16415259&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept id=46371&rfi=6 Cuts, closures in Delphi's plan] , "The Morning Journal", 2006-04-01. Accessed 2007-07-02.]

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.

Public services

Addresses in the township have the Sandusky ZIP code of 44870.

Primary and secondary students in Perkins Township attend the schools of the Perkins Local School District. The school's sports teams, which play in the Sandusky Bay Conference, have won football and cross country championships. Its marching band has also received statewide awards.fact|date=July 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.erie-county-ohio.net County website]
* [http://www.perkins.k12.oh.us/PHS/phsmainpage.htm Perkins High School]