Deerfield Township, Fulton County, Illinois
Deerfield Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 261 and it contained 137 housing units. Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which  (or 99.53%) is land and  (or 0.47%) is water. Extinct towns
 Blyton
 Midway is a small settlement south of Wiley church. Wiley was a town Emsley Wiley set a side  for a school & meeting house. He platted a city to be named Wiley but it did not materialize. 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. Cemeteries
The township contains these four cemeteries: Dickson, Wiley, Lamb & Roberts. Major highways
  Illinois Route 9

Demographics

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

Political districts
 Illinois' 17th congressional district
 State House District 94
 State Senate District 47

References
 
 United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
 United States National Atlas

External links
 City-Data.com
 Illinois State Archives

Townships in Fulton County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois