THE TOWNSEND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Marblehead Drift/Limestone Plain setting.
Townsend township has 32.5 square miles of land in Sandusky County. Its Census reference point is in Marblehead Drift/Limestone Plain, within Huron/Erie Lake Plains.
A broad former lake plain is interrupted by old beach ridges, dunes and glacial moraines. The landscape is mostly low-relief, with important differences between sandy rises and lower ground.
Regional context: Huron/Erie Lake Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Townsend and Sandusky County
Townsend is associated with Sandusky County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Townsend by land and water
The Census records 1.39 square miles of water within Townsend, or 4.1% of its total area. It is 1.8 percentage points higher than the 2.3% recorded for Sandusky County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Townsend township has 76.8 times the land area of nearby Vickery CDP (0.42 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

