| Official Name: | Danbury Township, Ottawa County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Official Flower: | The Lakeside Daisy |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ottawa |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 146.4 |
| Area Land Km2: | 47.2 |
| Area Water Km2: | 99.2 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 56.5 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 18.2 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 38.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 4924 |
| Population Density Km2: | 104.3 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 270.5 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 195 |
| Elevation Ft: | 640 |
| Coordinates: | 41.5322°N -82.7661°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-20058[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1086760 |
| Website: | Danbury Township |
Danbury Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,924 people in the township.
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.
Located at the eastern point of the county at the end of the Marblehead Peninsula, it borders the following townships:
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]
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.