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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sandusky
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| nickname = "Home of [[Cedar Point]]"
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| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Ohio}}
| subdivision_name2 = [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]]
| government_footnotes =
| government_type =
| leader_title = City Manager
| leader_name = John Orzech
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| leader_name2 = Richard R. Brady<br
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| population_total = 25095
| population_density_km2 = 1005.58
| population_urban =
| population_metro = 75662
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| postal_code = 44870–44871
| area_code = [[Area code 419|419]]/[[Area code 567|567]]
| timezone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
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'''Sandusky''' ({{IPAc-en|s|æ|n|ˈ|d|ʌ|s|k|i}} {{respell|san|DUSS|kee}}) is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Erie County, Ohio]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Situated
Sandusky was established in the early 19th century and developed as a [[port]] city at the head of [[Sandusky Bay]]. It is home to [[Cedar Point]], one of the most popular [[amusement park]]s in the world, as well as [[water park]]s including [[Cedar Point Shores]], [[Castaway Bay (Sandusky, Ohio)|Castaway Bay]], [[Great Wolf Resorts|Great Wolf Lodge]], and [[Kalahari Resorts|Kalahari]]. The headquarters of [[Cedar Fair Entertainment Company]] were located in the city until it merged with [[Six Flags]], who retains some administrative offices in Sandusky.
==Etymology==
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The river and bay gave rise to a number of eponymous forts and settlements along their shores. These consisted of the short-lived English trading post Fort Sandusky north of the bay, the French [[Fort Sandoské]] that replaced it, the British [[Fort Sandusky]] on the south shore of the bay, the American Fort Sandusky (later [[Fort Stephenson]]) upriver at Lower Sandusky (now known as [[Fremont, Ohio]]), as well as the [[Wyandot people|Wyandot Indian]] village of [[Upper Sandusky]] farther upriver.<ref name="FtSand"/>
Another, less accepted etymologic version claims that the city's name goes back to
==History==
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<blockquote>At two o'clock we took the railroad; the travelling-on which was very slow, its construction being indifferent, and the ground wet and marshy; and arrived at Sandusky in time to dine that evening. We put up at a comfortable little hotel on the brink of Lake Erie, lay there that night, and had no choice but to wait there next day, until a steamboat bound for [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] appeared. The town, which was sluggish and uninteresting enough, was something like the back of an English watering-place out of the season.</blockquote>
By 1880, Sandusky had risen to a population of 16,000. There were then 20 churches and three newspapers in the community. The city boasted 29 businesses with at least 10 employees. Products being
===20th century===
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As the 20th century progressed, the economy of Sandusky came to focus mainly on tourism and fishing. Since the late 20th century, Battery Park Marina was developed on the original site of the MR&LE Railroad after restructuring of the industry reduced traffic on the line. The tracks that ran through downtown Sandusky have since been removed. Most of the downtown industrial area is also being redeveloped for other purposes, including mainly [[marina]] dockage.
The [[National Arbor Day Foundation]] has designated Sandusky as a [[Tree City USA]].
==Geography==
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===Geography===
[[File:Sandusky OH 2021.jpg|thumb|Aerial view in 2021]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|21.91|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|9.73|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|12.18|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>
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[[File:Erie County Office Building, Sandusky Ohio.jpg|thumb|[[Erie County, Ohio|Erie County]] Office Building]]
Sandusky operates under a [[council–manager government]]; there are seven city commissioners elected as a legislature and a mayor who serves as the council's president. All are elected for four-year terms. The council employs a city manager for administration. John Orzech is the current city manager and Richard R. Brady is the president of the City Commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofsandusky.com/government/citycommission/index.php|title=City Commission|publisher=City of Sandusky|access-date=December 10, 2023}}</ref>
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Sandusky is
==Education==
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===Radio===
[[Ideastream|Ideastream Public Media]] operates [[Kent State University]]-owned WNRK {{Frequency|90.7|FM}} which serves as the region's [[NPR]] affiliate as a [[repeater]] of [[WKSU]] in Kent.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Tom |date=March 31, 2022 |title=Public radio offerings change on local radio dials |url=https://sanduskyregister.com/news/378668/public-radio-offerings-change-on-local-radio-dials/ |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=sanduskyregister.com |language=en}}</ref>
Religious stations include [[WVMS (FM)|WVMS]] {{Frequency|89.5|FM}} (run by the [[Moody Bible Institute]] as a repeater of [[WCRF-FM]] in Cleveland),
==Transportation==
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