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About Erie County
County Seat: Sandusky
DATE CREATED: 1838
Parent Counties: Huron and
Sandusky [At one point Kelley's
Island was traded with Ottawa County for the Marblehead Penninsula]
Square Miles: 407
Named for: Native Amreican Tribe.
Neighbors
- NORTH: Across Lake Erie lies Essex County and Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada
- EAST: Lorain County
- SOUTH: Huron County
- WEST: Sandusky County
- NORTHWEST: Ottawa County [connected by the Thomas A. Edison Memorial Bridge]
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History
ERIE COUNTY was formed in 1838 from Huron and Sandusky counties. The surface to the eve seems nearly level, while in fact it forms a gentle slope from the south line of the county, where it has an elevation of about 150 feet above the lake, to the lake level. It has inexhaustible quarries of limestone and freestone. Read more…
Historical Collections of Ohio
By Henry Howe
Vol. I, Page 364
© 1888
Description
Erie County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 79,551. Its county seat is Sandusky[2] and is named for the Erie (tribe), whose name was their word for "wildcat".[3] It is home to the amusement park Cedar Point. It was formed in 1838 from the northern third of Huron County, and a portion of Sandusky County. Read more…
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