Deerfield Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Deerfield Township
Township
Location in Fulton County
Fulton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°34′38″N 90°15′32″W / 40.57722°N 90.25889°W / 40.57722; -90.25889Coordinates: 40°34′38″N 90°15′32″W / 40.57722°N 90.25889°W / 40.57722; -90.25889
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	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61415, 61427, 61431, 61432, 61477, 61520
FIPS code	17-057-18979

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]

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.		%±
Est. 2016	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

1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

Adjacent places of Deerfield Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Ellisville Township

Young Hickory Township

Fairview Township

Lee Township

Joshua Township

Deerfield Township

Harris Township

Cass Township

Putman Township

Municipalities and communities of Fulton County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Lewistown
Cities	Canton Cuba Farmington Lewistown
Town	Astoria
Villages	Avon‡ Banner Bryant Dunfermline Ellisville Fairview Ipava Liverpool London Mills‡ Marietta Norris Smithfield St. David Table Grove Vermont
Townships	Astoria Banner Bernadotte Buckheart Canton Cass Deerfield Ellisville Fairview Farmers Farmington Harris Isabel Joshua Kerton Lee Lewistown Liverpool Orion Pleasant Putman Union Vermont Waterford Woodland Young Hickory
Unincorporated communities	Babylon Beaty Bernadotte Blyton Breeds Brereton Checkrow Depler Springs Duncan Mills Enion Fiatt Gilchrist Leesburg Little America Manley Maples Mill Marbletown Middlegrove Monterey Poverty Ridge Rawalts Sepo Seville Summum
Ghost towns	Bybee Civer Midway Sugarville Tuscumbia
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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