[3] Danao celebrates its fiesta on December 30, to honor the town patron the Holy Family.

[5] According to the Diccionario Español-Bisaya (1866), danao means charca, lago, laguna, pantano, estanque grande, avenida, campañas, etc.

During the first US sponsored Census, Danao is listed as one of the barrios of Talibon with a recorded population of 585 in 1903.

[12] In 1953, the town of Victoria (now Dagohoy, Bohol) was established and 5 barangays namely Cantubod, Danao, Hibale, Santa Fe, and Santo Niño were carved out from Talibon through Executive Order No.

634[13] by President Elpidio Quirino to form a new municipality together with other 13 barangays in Carmen, Sierra Bullones, Trinidad, and Ubay.