Upper Sandusky, Ohio

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−	'''Upper Sandusky''' is a city and the [[county seat]] of [[Wyandot County, Ohio|Wyandot County]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> along the [[Sandusky River]]. The population was 6,596 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. The city takes its name from an earlier [[Wyandot people|Wyandot Indian]] village of [[Upper Sandusky|the same name]], which was located nearby.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mangus|first1=Michael|last2=Herman|first2=Jennifer L.|title=Ohio Encyclopedia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bndxn4Qlt4EC&pg=PA560|year=2008|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|isbn=978-1-878592-68-2|page=560}}</ref> Upper Sandusky is rich in history. Its origins date back to the early 1780s. It was home to the Wyandotte Native Americans until 1842. Upper Sandusky became the Wyandot County seat in 1843. It was named "Upper" because it is located on the upper reaches of the Sandusky River; [[Sandusky, Ohio]] is at the mouth of the same river, some {{convert|50|mi|km}} away. The head of city government, as of 2013, is Mayor Scott Washburn.	+	'''Upper Sandusky''' is a city and the [[county seat]] of [[Wyandot County, Ohio|Wyandot County]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> along the [[Sandusky River]]. The population was 6,596 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. The city takes its name from an earlier [[Wyandot people|Wyandot Indian]] village of [[Upper Sandusky|the same name]], which was located nearby.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mangus|first1=Michael|last2=Herman|first2=Jennifer L.|title=Ohio Encyclopedia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bndxn4Qlt4EC&pg=PA560|year=2008|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|isbn=978-1-878592-68-2|page=560}}</ref> Upper Sandusky is rich in history. Its origins date back to the early 1780s. It was home to the Wyandotte Native Americans until 1842. Upper Sandusky became the Wyandot County seat in 1843. It was named "Upper" because it is located near the headwaters of the Sandusky River;<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=152|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=136}}</ref> [[Sandusky, Ohio]] is at the mouth of the same river, some {{convert|50|mi|km}} away. The head of city government, as of 2013, is Mayor Scott Washburn.
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