Deerfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 839 people in the township.
Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: York Township - north Bloom Township - northeast Malta Township - east Union Township - south Monroe Township, Perry County - southwest corner Bearfield Township, Perry County - west
No municipalities are located in Deerfield Township.
Name and history Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in Portage, 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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
Notable people Cyrus M. Butt, Wisconsin lawyer, soldier, and state senator, was born in the township.'The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin 1870,' Biographical Sketch of C. M. Butt, pg. 356
References
External links County website