18 Facts About Sandusky Ohio

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Sandusky Ohio is home to the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, which owns large amounts of property in Sandusky Ohio.

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Sandusky Ohio Bay was called Lac Ondaske, in another French transliteration of the Wyandot.

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3.

Sandusky Ohio was employed by the governor of then British Pennsylvania as a trader and interpreter, speaking several Indian languages, especially Iroquois.

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4.

Sandusky Ohio is a Sandusky native with significant experience in municipal government and community development.

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5.

Sandusky Ohio is married to Jennifer, a Huron, Ohio, native and together they have two sons.

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6.

Sandusky Ohio previously worked for Erie County, and the City of Sandusky.

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Development by European Americans of the city of Sandusky Ohio, starting in 1818, on the southeast shore of Sandusky Ohio Bay, followed settlement of the war of 1812.

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Sandusky Ohio's rise in the 19th century was heavily influenced by its location at the head of Sandusky Ohio Bay.

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9.

Sandusky Ohio's design featured a street grid with avenues cutting diagonally to create patterns reminiscent of the symbols of Freemasonry.

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10.

At that point Sandusky Ohio had two railroads and was a main focus of lake traffic.

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11.

Sandusky Ohio occupies the defunct township Portland and borders the following townships:.

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12.

Sandusky Ohio has a humid continental climate, typical of the Midwestern United States, with warm summers and cold winters.

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13.

Sandusky Ohio has a tourism industry fueled by Cedar Point, the neighboring islands, boating, and more recently by its many indoor and outdoor water parks.

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14.

In 2008, the residents of Sandusky Ohio hosted their first annual "Barge Party", where boats from as far as Toledo and Cleveland came to dock up their boats together at the sandbar, just inside Sandusky Ohio Bay.

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Into the 1930s, the Baltimore and Sandusky Ohio Railroad operated a passenger train from Willard in north-central Sandusky Ohio, as a section of a Wheeling, WV-Chicago train.

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In terms of road access, Sandusky is a short drive off the Ohio Turnpike, enabling easy transportation to Sandusky from cities like Toledo, Cleveland, and Erie, Pennsylvania via those roads.

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17.

Sandusky Ohio is served by the Sandusky Ohio Library, which operates a branch on Kelleys Island.

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18.

Sandusky Ohio has one local television station, religiously oriented WGGN-TV channel 52 .

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