DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, ROSS COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Ross County.

'Deerfield Township' is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,096 people in the township, 580 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


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

★ Perry Township, Pickaway County - north, west of Deer Creek Township

★ Deer Creek Township, Pickaway County - north, east of Perry Township

★ Wayne Township, Pickaway County - northeast

★ Union Township - southeast

★ Concord Township - southwest

★ Wayne Township, Fayette County - west

★ Marion Township, Fayette County - northwest corner
The village of Clarksburg is located in northern Deerfield Township.

Name and history


Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in Morgan, Portage, 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References


1. Ross County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ County website

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