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Sandusky Township, Richland County, OhioPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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History · Sandusky Township

17% of Sandusky Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1915 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Sandusky Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Sandusky Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19154 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1982. Watch Sandusky Township change.Old housesHalf of Sandusky Township’s homes were built before 1964.
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On the map

Sandusky Township on the map, 1915 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sandusky Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Sandusky Township on the 1915 USGS mapSandusky Township on the 1943 USGS mapSandusky Township on the 1960 USGS mapSandusky Township on the 1982 USGS map1915Crestline sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sandusky Township.

The story so far

Sandusky Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sandusky Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Sandusky Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census found 1,002 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 993 in 2010, 1,002 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Sandusky Township in 1880

Passages that mention Sandusky Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1819 ; he removed with his father to this county in 1825, settling first near Lexington, and removing, in 1828, to the land on which Crestline is now located, then a dense forest; Sandusky Township was then six miles square and contained but few inhabitants ; for several years, …
history of richland county ohio1880 · page 937Read the page →
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Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1819 ; he removed with his father to this county in 1825, settling first near Lexington, and removing, in 1828, to the land on which Crestline is now located, then a dense forest; Sandusky Township was then six miles square and contained but few inhabitants ; for several years, the only school in the township was kept at a private house; after the settlers had become more numerous, a meeting was held at Mr. Ogden’s

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Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1819 ; he removed with his father to this county in 1825, settling first near Lexington, and removing, in 1828, to the land on which Crestline is now located, then a dense forest ; Sandusky Township was then six miles square and contained but few inhabitants ; for several years,…
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Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1819 ; he removed with his father to this county in 1825, settling first near Lexington, and removing, in 1828, to the land on which Crestline is now located, then a dense forest ; Sandusky Township was then six miles square and contained but few inhabitants ; for several years, the only school in the township was kept at a private house ; after the settlers had become more numerous, a meeting was held at Mr. Ogden's

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Sandusky Township, 1836 to 1915

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1836Post officeThe Riblets post office opens
  3. 1860Post officeThe Riblets post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1915On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Sandusky Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Map of Richland County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Richland County Ohio HighlightingMapSandusky Township, Richland County, Ohio2007Sandusky Township, Richland County, OhioSandusky Richland2006Sandusky Richland
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Riblets, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
East CrestlineRiblet
Gone or out of use
Beech Grove SchoolschoolRiblets Post Officepost officeSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 4school
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sandusky Township
Green LawnRed SquirrelRiblet

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Springfield Township1 historic placeC+Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSharon Township5 historic placesA+Polk Township1 historic placeA−North Bloomfield TownshipIts storyC+

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.