Deerfield Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Ross County

Ross County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 73,345 people, 27,136 households, and 19,185 families residing in the county. The population density was 106 people per square mile . There were 29,461 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,096 people in the township, 580 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Perry Township, Pickaway County
  Perry Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,319 people in the township, 626 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north, west of Deer Creek Township
• Deer Creek Township, Pickaway County - north, east of Perry Township
• Wayne Township, Pickaway County
  Wayne Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 565 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Union Township
  Union Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,750 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Concord Township
  Concord Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,107 people in the township, 3,096 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Wayne Township, Fayette County
  Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,367 people in township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Marion Township - north...
  
   - west
• Marion Township, Fayette County
  Marion Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 748 people in the township, 656 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Clarksburg

Clarksburg, Ohio

Clarksburg is a village in Ross County, Ohio, United States. The population was 516 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Clarksburg is located at ....

 is located in northern Deerfield Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in Morgan

Deerfield Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Deerfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 802 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...

, Portage

Deerfield Township, Portage County, Ohio

Deerfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,211 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, and Warren

Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio

Deerfield Township, one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, is located in the southwest corner of the county. The most urbanized of the eleven, it had 25,515 people in the 2000 census, down from the 26,359 in 1990...

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, 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.