Groton Township is one of the nine townships

Civil township

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 of Erie County

Erie County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,551 people, 31,727 households, and 21,764 families residing in the county. The population density was 312 people per square mile . There were 35,909 housing units at an average density of 141 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. It is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east....

 metropolitan statistical area. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,384 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Margaretta Township
  Margaretta Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Margaretta Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - north
• Perkins Township
  Perkins Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Perkins Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - northeast corner
• Oxford Township
  Oxford Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Oxford Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - east
• Ridgefield Township, Huron County
  Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Ridgefield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,390 people in the township, 957 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Lyme Township, Huron County
  Lyme Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Lyme Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 968 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• York Township, Sandusky County
  York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,512 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Townsend Township, Sandusky County
  Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Townsend Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,670 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

A small corner of the city of Bellevue

Bellevue, Ohio

Bellevue is a city in Erie, Huron, Sandusky and Seneca counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 8,193 at the 2000 census. The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Bellevue as a Tree City USA....

is located in southwestern Groton Township.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.