Saybrook Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
Saybrook Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 9,711 people in the township. Geography Located on the northeastern edge of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships: Ashtabula Township - northeast Plymouth Township - east Jefferson Township - southeast corner Austinburg Township - south Harpersfield Township - southwest corner Geneva Township - west The Canadian province of Ontario lies across Lake Erie to the north. Part of the city of Ashtabula is located in northeastern Saybrook Township, along the shoreline of Lake Erie. The census-designated place of Saybrook-on-the-Lake is in the northwest part of the township. Name and history Named for the Connecticut Saybrook Colony it is the only Saybrook Township statewide. Saybrook Township was originally part of Austinburg Township and contained a settlement called Wrightsburg. It was not until 1816 that modern Saybrook Township became a separate township of its own. The township and community continued to be called Wrightsburg until 1827 when the name was changed to Saybrook, its new name coming from Saybrook, Connecticut. The early settlers are listed in the 1820 census for Ashtabula County with the township recorded as Wrightsburg. The Saybrook