| Official Name: | Margaretta Township, Erie County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Erie |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 129.9 |
| Area Land Km2: | 84.5 |
| Area Water Km2: | 45.4 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 5640 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 189 |
| Elevation Ft: | 620 |
| Coordinates: | 41.425°N -82.8056°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-47572[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1086066 |
Margaretta Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census the population was 5,640.
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
The farthest north and west township in Erie County, Margaretta Township is the only county township with any border on Ottawa County.
Two villages are located in Margaretta Township: Bay View on the Sandusky Bay shoreline, and Castalia in the center of the township. The census-designated places of Crystal Rock and Whites Landing lie in the township's northwest and far west.
A section in the northwest is the only part of Erie County to lie outside the Western Reserve.
Margaretta Township was named for several family members named Margaret, namely the mother, sister, and nieces of Major Frederick Falley, a founder of the township.[4]
It is the only Margaretta Township statewide.[5]
Ford Motor Company operates a manufacturing facility in Margaretta, under its Automotive Components Holdings banner. The plant formerly operated under the Visteon name, but changed in 2005.
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[6] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.