The Burnett Township is a former township of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area region, which includes the present day cities of Santa Teresa, Coyote, Madrone, and Morgan Hill. The township was named after the California Govenor Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895). The township was established in 1844, from a group of Mexican land grants that were added to Santa Clara County when the county was established in 1834.