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Deerfield Township, Fulton County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Fulton

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Area
  
88.91 km²

Population
  
261 (2010)

State
  
Illinois

Established
  
November 6, 1849

Elevation
  
195 m

Local time
  
Sunday 8:16 AM

Deerfield Township, Fulton County, Illinois

ZIP codes
  
61415, 61427, 61431, 61432, 61477, 61520

Weather
  
9°C, Wind SE at 14 km/h, 58% Humidity

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.

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Map of Deerfield Township, IL, USA

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.

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

    • 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 Wikipedia
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