Danbury Township, Ottawa County, Ohio - Name and History

Name and History

The town was named after Danbury, Connecticut.

It is the only Danbury Township statewide. This township is included in the region known as the Firelands and was originally a part of Huron County. It was named for Danbury, Connecticut.

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.

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.

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