Perkins Township, Erie County, Ohio
| Perkins Township, Erie County, Ohio | |
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| Township | |
Countryside at the western edge of Perkins Township
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 Location of Perkins Township (red) in Erie County, adjacent to the city of Sandusky (yellow) |
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| Coordinates: 41°23′57″N 82°40′52″W / 41.39917°N 82.68111°WCoordinates: 41°23′57″N 82°40′52″W / 41.39917°N 82.68111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Erie |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.9 sq mi (67.2 km2) |
| • Land | 25.8 sq mi (66.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 600 ft (183 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 12,202 |
| • Density | 473/sq mi (182.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-61714 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086069 |
| Website | www |
Perkins Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2010 census the population was 12,202.
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
No municipalities are located in Perkins Township, although the unincorporated communitiess of Bogart, 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).
Perkins Township was named for Elias Perkins, a native of Connecticut, who was one of its first landowners.
It is the only Perkins Township statewide.
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 Kalahari Resorts, 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 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 was uncertain, as are those of the approximately 1,100 employed there. However, Delphi sold the plant in early 2008 to Kyklos, Inc, which continues to operate the plant under the name KBI.
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