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Deerfield Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 261 and it contained 137 housing units.[2]

Deerfield Township
Township
Location in Fulton County
Fulton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°34′38″N 90°15′32″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	34.33 sq mi (88.9 km2)
• Land	34.17 sq mi (88.5 km2)
• Water	0.16 sq mi (0.4 km2)  0.47%
Elevation	640 ft (195 m)
Population  (2010)
• Estimate  (2016)[1]	255
• Density	7.6/sq mi (2.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	61415, 61427, 61431, 61432, 61477, 61520
FIPS code	17-057-18979

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 34.33 square miles (88.9 km²), of which 34.17 square miles (88.5 km²) (or 99.53%) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km²) (or 0.47%) is water.[2]

Extinct towns

• Blyton
• Midway is a small settlement south of Wiley church.
• Wiley was a town Emsley Wiley set a side 1-acre (4,000 m²) for a school & meeting house. He platted a city to be named Wiley but it did not materialize. His dream of a school & meeting house did and in 1839 the first rude log school was built. In 1844 Mr. & Mrs. Wiley sold their land & moved farther west, In 1880 the Wiley Lutheran Church was organized & still exists today along with the cemetery.
• Westminster was a paper town founded by David Everly after they moved here coming from the east. Only 3 lots were sold but the village never materialized and so ceased to exist.

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Dickson, Wiley, Lamb & Roberts.

Major highways

• Illinois Route 9

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2016 (est.)	255	[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

School districts

• Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170
• Community Unit School District 3 Fulton City
• Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4

Political districts

• Illinois' 17th congressional district
• State House District 94
• State Senate District 47

References

• "Deerfield Township, Fulton County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives

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