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	34.31 sq mi (88.85 km2)
– Land	34.15 sq mi (88.45 km2)
– Water	0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2)  0.46%
Elevation	640 ft (195 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	313
– Density	9.2/sq mi (3.5/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61415, 61427, 61431, 61432, 61477, 61520
GNIS feature ID	0428880

Deerfield Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 313.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Deerfield Township covers an area of 34.31 square miles (88.9 km²); of this, 0.16 square miles (0.41 km²) or 0.46 percent 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 materalize. 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 five 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". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0428880. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives