Perkins Township, Erie County, Ohio

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Location of Perkins Twp, (red), adjacent to the city of Sandusky (yellow).

Perkins is a political subdivision of Erie County, Ohio. It incorporates Perkins Township proper as well as the census designated places Sandusky South and Fairview Lanes. The entire area is known simply as "Perkins" to residents.

The township forms the southern part of the Sandusky metropolitan statistical area (although this name is rarely used) and refers to the area south of Perkins Avenue. Perkins does not have its own main post office, and uses Sandusky City's zip code of 44870.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Business
4 Sports & Recreation
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Perkins is located at 41°24'50" North, 82°40'55" West (41.414, -82.682)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 41.9 km² (26.0 mi²). 41.7 km² (25.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.16 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.38% water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 12,578 people residing in the township and 4,959 housing units. The population density was 485.96/mi². The racial makeup of the city was 90.7% White, 6.8% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.2% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. 1.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The population was spread out with 18.2% under the age of 16, 9.8% from 16 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.95.

The median income for a household in the township was $49,256. The per capita income for the township was $24,284.

[edit] Business

Perkins Twp. houses numerous large, commercialized and tourist-related businesses, due, in large part, to the nearby Cedar Point Amusement Park. With an increase in tourism, several prominent companies have also recently built large indoor/outdoor waterpark facilities, bolstering the area's vital tourism industry. In addition, the Sandusky Mall and Sandusky Speedway lie in Perkins Township.

Aside from the Mall District, the chief employer in Perkins is the township's Delphi Corporation plant. On March 31, 2006, Delphi announced that the plant in Perkins would be one of 21 it would close in the United States following the company's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2005. Although the Perkins plant remains open, its future is uncertain, as are those of the approximately 1,100 employed there.

[edit] Sports & Recreation

The Perkins Local School District mascot is Pirates. They play in the Sandusky Bay Conference and their chief rivals are the Panthers of Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic [1], the Tigers of Huron, the Polar Bears of Margaretta.[2] The Perkins Pirates won the Division IV Ohio state football championship in 1999, with a 15-0 record.

The Perkins High School Marching Band, which generally numbers between 150-200 members, plays at all PHS football games, and competes every year in OMEA marching band competitions. Notably, it has participated in the state competition every year since the competition's inception in 1980. The PHS Marching Band is widely known for its exceptional record at these competitions, being one of a very small number of bands that have qualified to perform at the state competition every year since 1980.