Denmark Township (Ohio)

Denmark Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 946 people in the township.GeographyLocated in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Sheffield Township - northMonroe Township - northeast cornerPierpont Township - eastRichmond Township - southeast cornerDorset Township - southLenox Township - southwest cornerJefferson Township - westPlymouth Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Denmark Township.Name and historyIt is the only Denmark Township statewide.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 Euro-American settler in the area.Denmark Township was described in 1833 as having one gristmill and two saw mills.