Deer Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 967 people in the township.

Geography Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships: Monroe Township - north Jefferson Township - east Fairfield Township - southeast corner Union Township - south Somerford Township - west

Part of the city of London, the county seat of Madison County, is located in Deer Creek Township. The Census-designated place of Lafayette lies northeast of London on U.S. Route 40.

The London Country Club is located within the township.

The Molly Caren Agricultural Center, operated by the Ohio State University, lies at the crossroads of SR 38 and U.S. 40 within the township.

The runway of the Madison County Airport ends in the township. The Silent P aerodrome (OA86) is located fully within the township.

Name and history As of 1854, the population of the township was 583,Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, A new and complete gazetteer of the United States, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 312 894 in 1890, 882 in 1900, and 883 in 1910.Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth census of the United States taken in the year 1910, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913, Pg. 584. Statewide, the only other Deer Creek Township is located in Pickaway County.

The township is named after the eponymous creek which flows through the township. A sizeable tributary of the Deer Creek flows north-south in the township's far east.

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.

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External links County website