Denmark Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Denmark Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Ashtabula County.
Coordinates: 41°44′38″N 80°40′34″W / 41.74389°N 80.67611°W / 41.74389; -80.67611Coordinates: 41°44′38″N 80°40′34″W / 41.74389°N 80.67611°W / 41.74389; -80.67611
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Ashtabula
Area
– Total	24.3 sq mi (63.1 km2)
– Land	24.3 sq mi (63.0 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	955 ft (291 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	880
– Density	36.2/sq mi (14.0/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-21672[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085724[1]

Denmark Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 880 people in the township.^[3]

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.^[4]

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 white settler in the area.^[5]

Government

Part of the center of Denmark Township. The church is in the foreground, with the town hall across the street.

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Charles Frye and members Chad Corron and Fred Williams.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Ashtabula 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. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Ashtabula County, Ohio Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.
6. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website