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History · Deerfield

Deerfield’s post office opened in 1882, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Deerfield Texaco Service Station and the Deerfield State Bank. Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1910.

1882first post office
2on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Deerfield began

When was Deerfield founded?

1882

The Deerfield post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 152 in 19102020 census: 711144 years
Founding year: the first Deerfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Deerfield’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Deerfield are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18915 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1985. Watch Deerfield change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Deerfield’s history is told.

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On the map

Deerfield on the map, 1891 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Deerfield. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Deerfield on the 1891 USGS mapDeerfield on the 1900 USGS mapDeerfield on the 1960 USGS mapDeerfield on the 1978 USGS mapDeerfield on the 1985 USGS map1891Larned sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Deerfield.

The story

How Deerfield came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Deerfield.

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The first settlement was made at Deerfield in 1885. Deerfield was incorporated as a city in 1907.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Deerfield, 1882 to 1923

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Deerfield post office opens
  3. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1923BuiltDeerfield Texaco Service Station is built
By decade

Deerfield, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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On the National Register

2 historic places in Deerfield

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
2007
Deerfield Texaco Service Station
Deerfield Texaco Service Station, built 1923Deerfield State Bank
Buildings
Deerfield Texaco Service StationBuilt 1923
Deerfield State BankBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Deerfield, census by census

0200400600800192019401960198020002020Peak: 884

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’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Deerfield’s post office has been open since 1882.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Unruh Trailer Mobile Home Park

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Deerfield’s history

What year was Deerfield founded?

The Deerfield 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?

Two places: the Deerfield Texaco Service Station (listed 2007) and the Deerfield State Bank (2018).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.