Perkins Township is one of the nine
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
of
Erie County,
Ohio
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, United States. It is part of the
Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area
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. As of the
2020 census the population was 12,390.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
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Sandusky - north
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Huron Township - east
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Milan Township - southeast corner
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Oxford Township - south
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Groton Township - southwest corner
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Margaretta Township - west
No municipalities are located in Perkins Township, although the
unincorporated communities
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of
Bogart
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,
Fairview Lanes, and
Sandusky South lie in the township's east (Bogart) and its north along the border with the city of Sandusky (other two).
Name and history
Perkins Township was named for Elias Perkins, a native of
Connecticut
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, who was one of its first landowners.
It is the only Perkins Township statewide.
Economy
Perkins Township houses numerous large, commercialized and tourist-related businesses, due, in large part, to
Cedar Point amusement park in neighboring
Sandusky. With an increase in tourism, several prominent companies have recently built large indoor/outdoor waterpark facilities, such as
Great Wolf Lodge and Maui Sands, 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 Automotive
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History
The com ...
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
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bankruptcy in October 2005. Although the Perkins Township plant remained open, its future was uncertain, as were the livelihoods of the approximately 1,100 people employed there. However, Delphi sold the plant in early 2008 to Kyklos, Inc, which continues to operate the plant under the name KBI.
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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the Ge ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
Public services
Addresses in the township have the Sandusky ZIP code of 44870.
Perkins Township operates full-time police and fire departments, and is the only township in Erie County with its own police department. All other townships in Erie County receive law enforcement services from the Erie County Sheriff's Office.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Erie County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio