Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio

Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio
—  Township  —
Map of Deerfield Township in Warren County
Coordinates: 39°18′52″N 84°17′34″W / 39.31444°N 84.29278°W / 39.31444; -84.29278Coordinates: 39°18′52″N 84°17′34″W / 39.31444°N 84.29278°W / 39.31444; -84.29278
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Warren
Area
– Total	16.8 sq mi (43.6 km2)
– Land	16.6 sq mi (43.1 km2)
– Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Elevation[1]	840 ft (256 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	25,515
– Density	1,534.2/sq mi (592.3/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-21238[2]
GNIS feature ID	1087112[1]

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. (The drop is because the city of Mason, which was included in the 1990 figures, withdrew from the township in February 1997.) Until 1997, Kings Island amusement park was in the township. Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in Morgan, Portage, and Ross Counties.

Geography

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

• Turtlecreek Township - north
• Union Township - northeast
• Hamilton Township - east
• Symmes Township, Hamilton County - south
• Sycamore Township, Hamilton County - southwest
• West Chester Township, Butler County - west
• Liberty Township, Butler County - northwest

Communities within the township include Kings Mills, Snidercrest, Fosters, Socialville, Twenty Mile Stand, Loveland Park, Landen, and Loveland.

History

One of the original four townships of Warren County, it was created on May 10, 1803, when the county was just nine days old. As originally created, it included all of what is now Union, the southern part of Turtlecreek Township, and Salem north of the Little Miami River.

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.

Members of the board include President Dan Corey, Vice-President Chris Romano, and Pete Patterson. The fiscal officer is John R. Wahle.^[3]

Voters in 2002 rejected a proposal to expand the board of trustees to five members.^{[citation needed]}

Public services

Most of the township is in the Mason City and Kings Local School Districts, but the extreme southwest corner of the township is in the Princeton City School District. Telephone service is provided through the Mason exchange through most of the township, but the southeastern part is in the Little Miami exchange. Mail is provided through the Mason, Lebanon, Kings Mills, Maineville, and Loveland post offices and the Sharonville and Sycamore branches of the Cincinnati post office.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Board, Deerfield Township. Accessed 2009-01-23.

Further reading

• Elva R. Adams. Warren County Revisited. [Lebanon, Ohio]: Warren County Historical Society, 1989.
• The Centennial Atlas of Warren County, Ohio. Lebanon, Ohio: The Centennial Atlas Association, 1903.
• Nancy Cutler. Ohio Township Government : A Case Study Comparison of Anderson Township and Deerfield Township. M.A. Thesis, University of Cincinnati, 1998
• Sergei Gerasenko. The Annexation History of Deerfield Township and the City of Mason. M.A. Thesis, University of Cincinnati, 1999.
• Josiah Morrow. The History of Warren County, Ohio. Chicago: W.H. Beers, 1883. (Reprinted several times)
• Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 6th ed. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, 2001. ISBN 0-89933-281-1
• Thomas D. Schiffer. Peters & King: The Birth & Evolution of the Peters Cartridge Co. & the King Powder Co. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-87349-363-X
• William E. Smith. History of Southwestern Ohio: The Miami Valleys. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1964. 3 vols.
• Rose Marie Springman. Around Mason, Ohio: A Story. [Mason, Ohio?]: The Author, 1982.
• Warren County Engineer's Office. Official Highway Map 2003. Lebanon, Ohio: The Office, 2003.

External links

• Township website
• County website