a town of the United States of North America, capital of Erie county, Ohio, on the south shore of Sandusky Bay, an inlet of Lake Erie, 110 miles N. by E. of Columbus. It is built on ground rising gradually from the bay, which forms an excellent harbour, 20 miles long and 5 or 6 across. Close to the town are inexhaustible quarries of the best limestone, of which many of the handsome edifices that adorn the town are built. There are numerous churches, banks, and newspaper offices, a courthouse, jail, and several schools. The wharves of Sandusky are commodious and well built, and during the most part of the year they are thronged with vessels arriving and departing. Iron and machinery are the principal manufactures of the place. It is also one of the chief emporiums for the lake commerce, and has communication by railway both with the west and the east. The imports in 1852 amounted in value to Ls,520,014, and the exports to Ls,534,540; while the shipping of the port in the same year had a tonnage of 5887. Pop. (1850) 5087, (1853) about 10,000.