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'Deerfield Township' is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,211 people in the township.^[1]

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Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

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 mi².

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. Portage County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website