Upper Sandusky, Ohio Upper Sandusky , Ohio Downtown Upper Sandusky on North Sandusky Avenue Downtown Upper Sandusky on North Sandusky Avenue Location of Upper Sandusky, Ohio Location of Upper Sandusky, Ohio Location of Upper Sandusky in Wyandot County Location of Upper Sandusky in Wyandot County Upper Sandusky is a town/city and the governmental center of county of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States, along the Sandusky River.
The town/city takes its name from an earlier Wyandot Indian village of the same name, which was positioned nearby. Upper Sandusky is rich in history.
Upper Sandusky became the Wyandot County seat in 1843.
It was titled "Upper" because it is positioned near the headwaters of the Sandusky River; Sandusky, Ohio is at the mouth of the same river, some 50 miles (80 km) away.
Upper Sandusky is positioned at 40 49 47 N 83 16 45 W (40.829608, -83.279102). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.19 square miles (18.62 km2), of which 7.01 square miles (18.16 km2) is territory and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km2) is water. Upper Sandusky is home to more than forty industrialized firms, which make a range of products for heavy trade and business.
Upper Sandusky industries include the manufacturing of interior auto trim at M-Tek Incorporated; automotive and safety glass at Guardian Industries; wire mesh for concrete products at Engineered Wire Products; and plastic injection molded products at Du - Pont Liquid Packaging Systems.
Upper Sandusky's range is reflected in the existence of various industries, such as metal toilet partitions at Mills Company; radio-controlled hydraulics at Ohio Power Systems; concrete sawing at San-Con Industries; walk ramps and roll up doors at Todco Door; plastic trim and weatherstrip at Uni-Grip Corporation; machining and machine manufacturing at Design Fabrication; custom conveyor systems and metal fabrication at the Deyco Corporation; glass recycling at Dlubak Glass; special metal cutting tools at Midwest Ohio Tool; loading docks, seals and shelters at Fairborn USA; twin cutting knives at Handy Twine Knife Company; welding and fabrication at Keaton Welding; and interior vehicle trim at M-Tek, Inc.
Upper Sandusky recently became the corporate command posts for the Ithaca Gun Company, a manufacturer of firearms with a new multimillion-dollar manufacturing facility.
The Star Theater in Upper Sandusky is a non-profit organization that began in the 1930s as a movie theater.
In the 1970s, a group of citizens from Upper Sandusky who were interested in live theater began using the theater for on-stage affairs.
Water for industrialized purposes is available from the 125-acre (0.51 km2) addition to the Upper Sandusky Reservoir.
The City of Upper Sandusky municipal services for water and sewage have sufficient reserve to supply the needs of all demands.
The City of Upper Sandusky's sewage excess capacity is one million gallons per day.
Upper Sandusky is positioned midway between Cincinnati and Cleveland and inside one hour of Columbus and Toledo.
The Wyandot County Airport (56 - D) is positioned five miles (8 km) north of the city.
The town/city of Upper Sandusky is positioned in an enterprise zone.
Industrial wage and living costs are low in Upper Sandusky in comparison with urbane markets.
There were 2,882 homeholds of which 28.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.2% were non-families.
There were 2,744 homeholds out of which 28.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 2.7% of families and 4.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties" (PDF).
Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census.
"Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties" (PDF).
Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census.
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
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