- Deerfield Township, Portage County, Ohio
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Deerfield Township, Ohio — Township — Municipalities and townships of Portage County.
Coordinates: 41°1′11″N 81°2′30″W / 41.01972°N 81.04167°WCoordinates: 41°1′11″N 81°2′30″W / 41.01972°N 81.04167°W Country United States State Ohio County Portage Area – Total 26.5 sq mi (68.5 km2) – Land 22.7 sq mi (58.9 km2) – Water 3.7 sq mi (9.6 km2) Elevation[1] 1,050 ft (320 m) Population (2000) – Total 3,211 – Density 141.2/sq mi (54.5/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP code 44411 Area code(s) 330 FIPS code 39-21210[2] GNIS feature ID 1086825[1] Deerfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,211 people in the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Palmyra Township - north
- Milton Township, Mahoning County - northeast corner
- Berlin Township, Mahoning County - east
- Smith Township, Mahoning County - south
- Lexington Township, Stark County - southwest
- Atwater Township - west
- Edinburg Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Deerfield Township.
Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Deerfield Township covers an area of 25 sq mi (65 km2).
Name and history
Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in Morgan, Ross, and Warren Counties.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[4] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Portage County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
External links
Municipalities and communities of Portage County, Ohio Cities Aurora | Kent | Ravenna | Streetsboro | Tallmadge‡
Villages Brady Lake | Garrettsville | Hiram | Mantua | Mogadore‡ | Sugar Bush Knolls | Windham
Townships CDP Unincorporated
communitiesFootnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Portage County, Ohio
- Akron metropolitan area
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