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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.〔(Sandusky County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates ) Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 13 May 2007.〕 ==Geography== Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: *Margaretta Township, Erie County - northeast *Groton Township, Erie County - southeast *York Township - south *Green Creek Township - southwest corner *Riley Township - west No municipalities are located in Townsend Township, although the unincorporated community of Vickery is located in the township's west. Prior to the settlement the southern part of the township was all heavily timbered. Extensive prairies broke the forest in the northern part. These prairies were covered with a heavy marsh grass, interspersed with an occasional branch of a more nutritious variety, which attracted the cows of the early settlers. The surface slope of the township is uniformly toward the northwest, and a number of small streams flow rapidly in that direction. Only a faint idea can be formed by our own generation of the "appearance of things" before the white man's axe changed the condition of nature. Except in the marshy northern sections, heavy trees united their tops and completely excluded the sun. Smaller trees filled the intervening spaces below, while at many places shrubs and bushes made the forest absolutely impenetrable. Through the central part of the township walnut was the predominating heavy timber; on the ridge further south oak prevailed. Thick grape-vines, with long tendrils, bound the trees together and made it necessary in some instances to cut half a dozen trees before one could be brought to the ground. They finally came down with a crash, crossing each other in every direction. Complete clearings generally were made only where it was designed to erect the cabin. Land was first prepared for crops by cutting the smaller trees, grubbing out the underbrush, and girdling the large trees. This method of clearing saved a great deal of labor. The girdled trees soon became dry and were easily burned down during the warm months of the fall. But, although the large trees were not cut down, heavy logs had to be piled together and burned before the plow or cultivator could be used. For ages trees had been growing, dying, then falling and giving place to others. These dead and decaying trunks were lying almost concealed by underbrush. 〔History of Sandusky County Ohio, H.Z. Williams & Bros., 1882〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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