[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.

[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.

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.

[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.