Deerfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,838 people in the township.
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 .
Name and history Deerfield Township was organized in 1806 and takes its name from Deerfield, Massachusetts, the native home of a first settler. 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,§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.
From 2013 until 2018, the Portage County District Library operated the Deerfield Computer Lab at the Deerfield Township Hall.
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External links County website