Darova (German: Kranichstätten or Darowa;[4] Hungarian: Daruvár) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania.

It is composed of three villages: Darova (commune seat), Hodoș and Sacoșu Mare.

[5] It happened during the third wave of colonizations in Banat, under the reign of Emperor Joseph II.

The name was given in honor of the government commissioner of Temes County, Count Johann Jankovits von Daruwar.

[6] In 1885, on the northern edge of the village hearth, a new settlement was established, Istvánfalva (Ștefănești) or Darova Mică, where 72 families from Novo Selo, Torontál County, Serbian Banat were colonized.