Patterson Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States.

The 2020 census found 1,452 people in the township.

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: Two incorporated villages are located in Patterson Township: Osgood in the northwest, and Yorkshire in the west.

[5] 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.

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.