Deerfield Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 313.[1]
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Deerfield Township covers an area of 34.31 square miles (88.9 km2); of this, 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) or 0.46 percent is water.
[edit] Extinct towns
- Blyton
- Midway is a small settlement south of Wiley church.
- Wiley was a town Emsley Wiley set a side 1-acre (4,000 m2) for a school & meeting house. He platted a city to be named Wiley but it did not materalize. His dream of a school & meeting house did and in 1839 the first rude log school was built. In 1844 Mr. & Mrs. Wiley sold their land & moved farther west, In 1880 the Wiley Lutheran Church was organized & still exists today along with the cemetery.
- Westminster was a paper town founded by David Everly after they moved here coming from the east. Only 3 lots were sold but the village never materialized and so ceased to exist.
[edit] Cemeteries
The township contains these four cemeteries: Dickson, Wiley, Lamb & Roberts.
[edit] Major highways
[edit] School districts
- Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170
- Community Unit School District 3 Fulton City
- Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4
[edit] Political districts
[edit] References
- ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder
[edit] External links
Deerfield Township 
