Deerfield is an

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in Chickasaw County,

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, United States. It is located near the intersections of County Highways B28 and T76 on the east side of the

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. It is five miles east of Colwell and four miles northwest of North Washington.

History

Deerfield was named after

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; the area was first settled by whites in 1854.Fairbairn, Robert Herd (1919). ''History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa'', Volume 2, p. 70. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. . Deerfield's population was estimated as 150 in 1875, and was 29 in 1902.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Chickasaw County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa