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

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.

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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