Editing Upper Sandusky, Ohio

{{for|the downriver city at the mouth of the Sandusky River|Sandusky, Ohio}}
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'''Upper Sandusky''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Wyandot County, Ohio]], United States, along the upper [[Sandusky River]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The city lies approximately {{convert|59|mi}} south of [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] and {{convert|62|mi}} north of [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. The population was 6,698 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

The city was founded in 1843 and named for an earlier [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]] village of [[Upper Sandusky|the same name]], which was located nearby.<ref name="Ohio Encyclopedia">{{cite book|last1=Mangus|first1=Michael|last2=Herman|first2=Jennifer L.|title=Ohio Encyclopedia|url=https://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> It was named "Upper" because it is located near the headwaters of the Sandusky River, which flows into [[Lake Erie]].<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>

==History==
[[File:Crawford expedition.PNG|thumb|300px|Upper Sandusky and surrounding villages at the time of the 1782 Sandusky Expedition]]

'''Upper Sandusky''' was a 19th-century [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]] town named for its location at the headwaters of the [[Sandusky River]] in northwestern [[Ohio]].<ref name="Ohio Encyclopedia"/> 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 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]], a confederation intended to resist U.S. expansion into the [[Northwest Territory]].{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} 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<ref>The local Elks Lodge is built where the stockade stood.</ref> 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 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 [[Treaty of Greenville|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 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.

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|7.19|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|7.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.18|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 754
|1860= 1599
|1870= 2564
|1880= 3540
|1890= 3572
|1900= 3355
|1910= 3779
|1920= 3708
|1930= 3889
|1940= 3907
|1950= 4397
|1960= 4941
|1970= 5645
|1980= 5972
|1990= 5906
|2000= 6533
|2010= 6596
|2020= 6698
|estyear=2021
|estimate=6619
|estref=
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR2" /><ref name=Census1870>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-08.pdf|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Ninth Census|date=1870|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=Census1880>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-11.pdf|date=1880|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=Census1910>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch3.pdf|work=1910 U.S. Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=Census1930>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf|work=1930 US Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/uppersanduskycityohio,US/PST045221|title=Upper Sandusky city, Ohio|website=census.gov|accessdate=July 6, 2022}}</ref>
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===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 6,596 people, 2,882 households, and 1,724 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|940.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 3,180 housing units at an average density of {{convert|453.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 4.3% of the population.

There were 2,882 households, of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were [[Marriage|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 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.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 6,533 people, 2,744 households, and 1,682 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,246.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,910 housing units at an average density of {{convert|555.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.15% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.18% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.09% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.57% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.45% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.55% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 2.71% of 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 [[Marriage|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 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 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.

==Education==
===Public Schools===
[[Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District]] operates three elementary schools, one middle school, and [[Upper Sandusky High School]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.usevs.org/schools | title=Schools | publisher=Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District | access-date=3 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172423/http://www.usevs.org/schools | archive-date=2018-03-04 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Public Library===
The city has a lending library, the Upper Sandusky Community Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.everylibrary.com/county/Wyandot-OH.html | title=Wyandot County Public Libraries | publisher=Every Library | access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people== 
*[[Neil Armstrong]] - first person to walk on the Moon; raised in Upper Sandusky<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.visitwyandotcounty.com/history | title=Wyandot County Visitors' Bureau | publisher=Wyandot County Visitors' Bureau | access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Jon Diebler]] - professional basketball player
*[[Edwina Dumm]] - cartoonist<ref>{{cite news |title=Edwina Dumm, Cartoonist, 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/02/obituaries/edwina-dumm-cartoonist-96.html |access-date=23 April 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 May 1990}}</ref>
*[[Carl Karcher]] - founder of Carl's Jr. Restaurants (Hardee's)
*[[Nate Reinking]] - American-British professional [[basketball]] player
*[[Bob Schnelker]] - professional football player (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants)

==References==
*Tanner, Helen Hornbeck, ed. ''Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. {{ISBN|0-8061-2056-8}}.
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==External links==
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* [http://www.uppersanduskyoh.com City website]

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