Danbury Township, Ottawa County, Ohio

Danbury Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
Township

Cemetery on Johnson's Island

Location of Danbury Township in Ottawa County.
Coordinates: 41°31′56″N 82°45′58″W / 41.53222°N 82.76611°W / 41.53222; -82.76611Coordinates: 41°31′56″N 82°45′58″W / 41.53222°N 82.76611°W / 41.53222; -82.76611
Country United States
State Ohio
County Ottawa
Area
 • Total 56.5 sq mi (146.4 km2)
 • Land 18.2 sq mi (47.2 km2)
 • Water 38.3 sq mi (99.2 km2)
Elevation[1] 640 ft (195 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 4,631
 • Density 254.4/sq mi (98.2/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-20058[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086760[1]
Website Danbury Township

Danbury Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,631 people in the township, 3,869 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Communities

Name and history

It is the only Danbury Township statewide.[4] This township is included in the region known as the Firelands and was originally a part of Huron County.[5] It was named for Danbury, Connecticut, the native home of a large share of the first settlers.[6]

Huron County was established by the Ohio General Assembly on February 7, 1809 and, at the time, comprised present-day Erie County (except for a small piece in the west); Huron County, Ruggles Township in Ashland County, Danbury Township, and part of Catawba Island Township.[7]

Johnson's Island, the location of a significant Prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War, is located in Sandusky Bay just south of the Marblehead Peninsula. It is now a part of the village of Marblehead.

Geography

Located at the eastern point of the county at the end of the Marblehead Peninsula, it borders the following townships:

Demographics

The median age of males is 48.0 years of age. The median age of females is 48.6 years of age.

The median income for a household in the township was $55,578 in 2008. In 1999, the median income for a household in the township was $47,434.[8]

Government

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,[9] 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.

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ Ottawa County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  4. ↑ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  5. ↑ Milan and the Milan Canal, by Charles E. Frohman, c.1976, pp. 26-28.
  6. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 36.
  7. ↑ Ohio Lands, A Short History, a publication of the Ohio Auditor of State, c. 1994, p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Danbury township, Ottawa County, Ohio (OH)". City-Data.com. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  9. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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