Deerfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County,

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, United States. The 2020 census found 839 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * York Township - north * Bloom Township - northeast * Malta Township - east * Union Township - south * Monroe Township, Perry County - southwest corner * Bearfield Township, Perry County - west No municipalities are located in Deerfield Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in

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, 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, 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.

Notable people

* Cyrus M. Butt, Wisconsin lawyer, soldier, and state senator, was born in the township.'The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin 1870,' Biographical Sketch of C. M. Butt, pg. 356

References

External links

County website
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