Denmark Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 847 people in the township.
Geography Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Sheffield Township - north Monroe Township - northeast corner Pierpont Township - east Richmond Township - southeast corner Dorset Township - south Lenox Township - southwest corner Jefferson Township - west Plymouth Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Denmark Township.
Name and history It is the only Denmark Township statewide.
The area now composing Denmark Township was long inhabited by the Seneca Indian tribe. Peter Knapp, a New Yorker who arrived in 1809, was the first Euro-American settler in the area.Ashtabula County, Ohio Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.
Denmark Township was described in 1833 as having one gristmill and two saw mills.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Charles Frye and members Chad Corron and Fred Williams.
References
External links County website