The story
Read it all →How Deerfield Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Deerfield Township.
The first settlement was made at Deerfield in 1885. Deerfield was incorporated as a city in 1907.
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History · Deerfield Township
Deerfield Township’s post office opened in 1882, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listings are the Santa Fe Trail-Kearny County Segment 1. Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1910.
1882first post office
3on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Deerfield Township began
When was Deerfield Township founded?
1882
The Deerfield Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 152 in 19102020 census: 847144 years
Founding year: the first Deerfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Deerfield Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Deerfield Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Deerfield Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Deerfield Township, decade by decade
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2004On the map
Deerfield Township on the map, 1966 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Deerfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1966Wolf SW sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Deerfield Township.
On the National Register
3 historic places in Deerfield Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
Santa Fe Trail-Kearny County Segment 1
Sites
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Deerfield Township, census by census
Between 152 and 884 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Deerfield Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Deerfield Township
Nobody well known was born in Deerfield Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Deerfield Township’s history
What year was Deerfield Township founded?
The Deerfield Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Deerfield Township?
3 listings: 1 site.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.