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39-673: Beginning northeast of Upper Sandusky in Wyandot , looping along the southern county boundary, entering Hardin County along its northern border with Hancock County . The moraine then runs, west of southwest to the moraine runs, southwest to Lima . From Lima it runs west and northwest along the right bank of the St. Mary's River to Ft. Wayne . Continuing northeast on the left bank of the St. Joseph River to Hudson, Michigan in Lenawee County . The moraine

78-526: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

117-603: A confederation intended to resist U.S. expansion into the Northwest Territory . The Northwest Indian War followed. In the War of 1812, the village became the site of Fort Feree (or Ferree) on a bluff overlooking the flood plain of the Sandusky River The Fort was built in late 1812 by Pennsylvania militia led by Lieutenant Colonel Joel Ferree, by order of General William Henry Harrison . Upper Sandusky became part of

156-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

195-476: A lending library, the Upper Sandusky Community Library. In 2023, it was discovered that Upper Sandusky was home to a group promulgating a White supremacy and Nazi homeschooling curriculum. As of February 2023 the incident is under investigation. County seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term

234-464: A mile (1.6 km) of Cairo and Elida. The Rawson moraine runs west from Rawson and curves to the southwest roughly parallel with the Bluffton moraine some 2 or 3 miles (3.2 or 4.8 km) north. A third significant ridge runs across Allen , Van Wert and into Adams and Allen counties. East of Landeck , 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Delphos , the ridge is indistinct through Venedocia , to

273-458: Is 3 miles (4.8 km) or 4 miles (6.4 km) wide and has an undulating surface. Its main crest is 50 feet (15 m) to 75 feet (23 m) above the beds of the rivers that follow the outer border. The rivers are in trenches 20 feet (6.1 m) to 30 feet (9.1 m) deep. The moraine is 30 feet (9.1 m) to 50 feet (15 m) above the bluff or plain. The wide outer slope of a mile (1.6 km) or more provides any local relief. The drift

312-427: Is a city in and the county seat of Wyandot County, Ohio , United States, along the upper Sandusky River . The city lies approximately 59 miles (95 km) south of Toledo and 62 miles (100 km) north of Columbus . The population was 6,698 at the 2020 census . The city was founded in 1843 and named for an earlier Wyandot village of the same name , which was located nearby. It was named "Upper" because it

351-616: Is a clay till and has boulders. The presence of the moraine is evident in the course of St. Mary's River . Its headwaters in Auglaize and Mercer counties, flow north toward the Maumee until it comes to the moraine ridge. Here it turns to the west. The ridge forms the watershed between the St. Mary's and the Auglaize River . It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) from the St. Mary's and 30 miles (48 km)

390-477: Is in use in five countries: Canada , China , Hungary , Romania , and the United States . An equivalent term, shire town , is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions, such as Venezuela . In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below

429-409: Is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of

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468-563: Is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km ) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,596 people, 2,882 households, and 1,724 families residing in the city. The population density was 940.9 inhabitants per square mile (363.3/km ). There were 3,180 housing units at an average density of 453.6 per square mile (175.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 95.0% White , 0.3% African American , 0.2% Native American , 0.8% Asian , 2.6% from other races , and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 4.3% of

507-652: Is located near the headwaters of the Sandusky River, which flows into Lake Erie . Upper Sandusky was a 19th-century Wyandot town named for its location at the headwaters of the Sandusky River in northwestern Ohio . This was the primary Wyandot town during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was sometimes also known as Half-King's Town , after Dunquat , the Wyandot "Half-King". The town and

546-549: The Auglaize River , 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Southworth. West, the ridge is distinct Monroeville, Indiana . Through Indiana the ridge is a double crest. North of Glenmore the moraine turns northwest. This ridge is later than the Bluffton moraine, and may be a westward continuation of the Rawson moraine. 41°N 85°W  /  41°N 85°W  / 41; -85 Upper Sandusky, Ohio Upper Sandusky

585-521: The Maumee Lake bed. The plains to the east between the Fort Wayne and Defiance is 45 miles (72 km) wide and is occupied by faint terminal moraines. These are closely related to the Fort Wayne moraine. Two moraines run parallel with the main crest of the Fort Wayne moraine in the vicinity of Lima, Ohio . The Bluffton moraine is west of Mount Cory to Bluffton and then turns southwest to within

624-545: The Auglaize. In Allen County, Indiana the Wayne trace , or old Piqua road follows the crest. The inner slope is gentle, while the outer slope is steep. On the west side of Six Mile Creek gap the moraine is a bold bluff 40 feet (12 m) to 50 feet (15 m) high to the point where the Wabash and Erie Canal once crossed the St. Mary's. The summit is 76 feet (23 m) above the mouth of

663-429: The St. Mary's. The ridge is composed chiefly of boulder clay with a border of sand and gravel around its northern end. North of Fort Wayne the moraine is simple in structure. It extends from Ft. Wayne along the left bank of the St. Joseph River into Michigan . Through Indiana it is four miles (6.4 km) wide and gets broader through Ohio and Michigan. It rises from 50 feet (15 m) to 70 feet (21 m) above

702-935: The United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

741-734: The Wyandot Grand Reserve in the Upper Sandusky River area created by the Treaty of Fort Meigs in 1817. Prior to that, it was in northwestern Ohio Indian country above the Greenville Treaty line of 1795. Numerous indigenous Wyandot kept their settlements here until 1842, when they were driven out under the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to what became Wyandotte County, Kansas . A small community of free Black people also lived in

780-403: The average family size was 2.93. In the city, the population 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. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.2 males. The median income for a household in the city

819-419: The city. The population density was 1,246.2 inhabitants per square mile (481.2/km ). There were 2,910 housing units at an average density of 555.1 per square mile (214.3/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 97.15% White , 0.18% Black or African American , 0.09% Native American , 0.57% Asian , 1.45% from other races , and 0.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.71% of

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858-517: The counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of

897-418: The county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where the county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in

936-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

975-424: The imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of a county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of

1014-572: The increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized the term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan

1053-611: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

1092-732: The later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With

1131-507: The old village. A new town of Upper Sandusky was platted nearby the forcibly abandoned Wyandot village in 1843 and the first colonizer's house was built in 1845. The first building in town was the county jail in 1846. It was designated as the seat of Wyandot County in 1848. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 7.19 square miles (18.62 km ), of which 7.01 square miles (18.16 km )

1170-409: The population. There were 2,744 households, out of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and

1209-442: The population. There were 2,882 households, of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.2% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

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1248-752: The provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized

1287-764: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

1326-683: The surrounding settlements, like Captain Pipe 's Town, were closely allied with the British at Fort Detroit . During the Crawford expedition of 1782, Pennsylvania militiamen sought to destroy the town after the Wyandot began killing American settlers in the region, but were defeated en route. After the war, in September 1783, a number of Native Americans met at Upper Sandusky and formed the Western Confederacy ,

1365-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

1404-538: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

1443-483: Was $ 35,613, and the median income for a family was $ 45,236. Males had a median income of $ 29,829 versus $ 22,526 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 17,484. About 2.7% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over. Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District operates three elementary schools, one middle school, and Upper Sandusky High School . The city has

1482-436: Was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.83. The median age in the city was 41 years. 22.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.2% were from 25 to 44; 25.3% were from 45 to 64; and 20.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.9% male and 53.1% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,533 people, 2,744 households, and 1,682 families residing in

1521-568: Was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of the United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government

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