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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Erie
- City manager
- John Orzech Jr.
- City
- 21.83 sq mi (56.53 km )
- Land
- 9.64 sq mi (24.96 km )
- Water
- 12.19 sq mi (31.58 km )
- Elevation
- 584 ft (178 m)
- Density
- 2,604.4/sq mi (1,005.58/km )
- Metro
- 115,986
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 44870 & 44871
- Area code
- 419 / 567
- Fips code
- 39-70380
- Website
- www .cityofsandusky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Sandusky
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Erie County
- Population
- 25095
- Area
- 56.722129
- Elevation
- 182
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Erie County
- Official website
- www.ci.sandusky.oh.us
- Image
- City of Sandusky Downtown.png
- Households
- 11171
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- Commons category
- Sandusky, Ohio
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- topic's main category
- Category:Sandusky, Ohio
- inception
- 1818-00-00
- postal code
- 44871
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sandusky, Ohio
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Sandusky, Ohio
- different from
- Sandusky County
- P8168
- Zhezhimyu
- water as percent of area
- 55.5917
- per capita income
- 25118
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Encyclopedic overview
Sandusky (/sænˈdʌski/ san-DUSS-kee) is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Sandusky is located roughly midway between Toledo (45 miles (72 km) west) and Cleveland (50 miles (80 km) east). At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 25,095, and the Sandusky metropolitan area had 115,986 residents.
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 parks in the world, as well as water parks including Cedar Point Shores, Castaway Bay, Great Wolf Lodge, and Kalahari. The owner of Cedar Point, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, is the largest employer of Sandusky and maintains significant administrative operations within the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandusky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.