Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio
Encyclopedia
Deerfield Township, one of the eleven townships
of Warren County
, Ohio
, United States
, is located in the southwest corner of the county. The most urbanized of the eleven, it had 25,515 people in the 2000 census, down from the 26,359 in 1990
. (The drop is because the city of Mason
, which was included in the 1990 figures, withdrew from the township in February 1997.) Until 1997, Kings Island
amusement park was in the township. Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in Morgan
, Portage
, and Ross
Counties.
Communities within the township include Kings Mills
, Snidercrest, Fosters
, Socialville, Twenty Mile Stand
, Loveland Park
, Landen
, and Loveland
.
, the southern part of Turtlecreek Township, and Salem
north of the Little Miami River
.
Members of the board include President Dan Corey, Vice-President Chris Romano, and Pete Patterson. The fiscal officer is John R. Wahle.
Voters in 2002 rejected a proposal to expand the board of trustees to five members.
exchange through most of the township, but the southeastern part is in the Little Miami exchange. Mail is provided through the Mason, Lebanon
, Kings Mills
, Maineville
, and Loveland
post offices and the Sharonville
and Sycamore
branches of the Cincinnati
post office.
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
of Warren County
Warren County, Ohio
Warren County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 212,693 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is Lebanon. Warren County was erected May 1, 1803, from Hamilton County, and named for Dr...
, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
United States
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, is located in the southwest corner of the county. The most urbanized of the eleven, it had 25,515 people in the 2000 census, down from the 26,359 in 1990
United States Census, 1990
The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census....
. (The drop is because the city of Mason
Mason, Ohio
Mason is an affluent city in southwestern Warren County, Ohio, United States, 22 miles away from Cincinnati . As of the 2010 census, Mason's population was 30,712. Mason has experienced fast growth, with its historic Main Street remaining at the center of the community...
, which was included in the 1990 figures, withdrew from the township in February 1997.) Until 1997, Kings Island
Kings Island
Kings Island is a amusement park located northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio. Opened in 1972 by Taft Broadcasting Company and now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, Kings Island is the most visited seasonal amusement park in the U.S...
amusement park was in the township. Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in Morgan
Deerfield Township, Morgan County, Ohio
Deerfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 802 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...
, Portage
Deerfield Township, Portage County, Ohio
Deerfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,211 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
, and Ross
Deerfield Township, Ross County, Ohio
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.-Geography:...
Counties.
Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:- Turtlecreek TownshipTurtlecreek Township, Warren County, OhioTurtlecreek Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States. It is in the central part of the county and surrounds the county seat of Lebanon. Turtlecreek is the largest township in the county, originally containing sixty-three whole and seven fractional sections. ...
- north - Union TownshipUnion Township, Warren County, OhioUnion Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, located in the central part of the county. It was established January 3, 1815 and named Union as it was formed from parts of Deerfield and Turtlecreek Townships. The 2000 census found 4,668 people in the township,...
- northeast - Hamilton TownshipHamilton Township, Warren County, OhioHamilton Township, one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, is in the south central portion of the county. The 2000 census found 9,630 people there, up significantly from the 5,900 in 1990. 8,645 of the total in 2000 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township...
- east - Symmes Township, Hamilton CountySymmes Township, Hamilton County, OhioSymmes Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,771 people in the township.-Geography:...
- south - Sycamore Township, Hamilton CountySycamore Township, Hamilton County, OhioSycamore Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 19,675 people in the township.-Geography:...
- southwest - West Chester Township, Butler CountyWest Chester Township, Butler County, OhioWest Chester Township, formerly known as Union Township, is a township located in the southeast corner of Butler County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, one of thirteen townships in the county. It is situated between Sharonville and Monroe, about 18 miles north of Cincinnati, and...
- west - Liberty Township, Butler CountyLiberty Township, Butler County, OhioLiberty Township, one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States, is in the east-central part of the county, just south of the city of Monroe...
- northwest
Communities within the township include Kings Mills
Kings Mills, Ohio
Kings Mills is an unincorporated community in the northeastern corner of Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States, on the western shore of the Little Miami River...
, Snidercrest, Fosters
Fosters, Ohio
Fosters is an unincorporated community in southern Warren County, Ohio, United States. It straddles the Little Miami River in Deerfield and Hamilton Townships. It is located about two miles southwest of Hopkinsville, two miles west of Maineville, and two miles northeast of Twenty Mile Stand just...
, Socialville, Twenty Mile Stand
Twenty Mile Stand, Ohio
Twenty Mile Stand is an unincorporated place in southeastern Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. It lies on the old 3C Highway in Town 4 East, Range 2 North, Section 21 of the Symmes Purchase and in the center of the area known as "Landen"...
, Loveland Park
Loveland Park, Ohio
Loveland Park is a census-designated place located in Symmes Township, Hamilton County and Deerfield Township, Warren County, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The CDP is named after Loveland...
, Landen
Landen, Ohio
Landen is a census-designated place in Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,766 at the 2000 census. It is located around Columbia Road and Montgomery Road in the southeastern part of the township. It surrounds Twenty Mile Stand and near Fosters.Landen was...
, and Loveland
Loveland, Ohio
Loveland is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area, Loveland is located near exit 52 off Interstate 275, about northeast of the Cincinnati city limits. It borders Symmes, Miami and...
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History
One of the original four townships of Warren County, it was created on May 10, 1803, when the county was just nine days old. As originally created, it included all of what is now UnionUnion Township, Warren County, Ohio
Union Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, located in the central part of the county. It was established January 3, 1815 and named Union as it was formed from parts of Deerfield and Turtlecreek Townships. The 2000 census found 4,668 people in the township,...
, the southern part of Turtlecreek Township, and Salem
Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio
Salem Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, located in the central part of the county. The 2000 census found 4,133 people in the township, up slightly from the 4,038 in 1990; of this total, 2,847 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. It is...
north of the Little Miami River
Little Miami River
The Little Miami River is a Class I tributary of the Ohio River that flows through five counties in southwestern Ohio in the United States. The Little Miami joins the Ohio River east of Cincinnati. It forms parts of the borders between Hamilton and Clermont counties and between Hamilton and Warren...
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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.Members of the board include President Dan Corey, Vice-President Chris Romano, and Pete Patterson. The fiscal officer is John R. Wahle.
Voters in 2002 rejected a proposal to expand the board of trustees to five members.
Public services
Most of the township is in the Mason City and Kings Local School Districts, but the extreme southwest corner of the township is in the Princeton City School District. Telephone service is provided through the MasonMason, Ohio
Mason is an affluent city in southwestern Warren County, Ohio, United States, 22 miles away from Cincinnati . As of the 2010 census, Mason's population was 30,712. Mason has experienced fast growth, with its historic Main Street remaining at the center of the community...
exchange through most of the township, but the southeastern part is in the Little Miami exchange. Mail is provided through the Mason, Lebanon
Lebanon, Ohio
The population at the 2010 census was 20,033. As of the census of 2000, there were 16,962 people residing in the city. The population density was 1,440.6 people per square mile . There were 6,218 housing units at an average density of 528.1 per square mile...
, Kings Mills
Kings Mills, Ohio
Kings Mills is an unincorporated community in the northeastern corner of Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States, on the western shore of the Little Miami River...
, Maineville
Maineville, Ohio
Maineville is a village in Warren County, Ohio, United States, with a population of 372 families in 2000. It is called Maineville as the original settlers were from the state of Maine.-Geography:Maineville is located at ....
, and Loveland
Loveland, Ohio
Loveland is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area, Loveland is located near exit 52 off Interstate 275, about northeast of the Cincinnati city limits. It borders Symmes, Miami and...
post offices and the Sharonville
Sharonville, Ohio
Sharonville is a city in Butler and Hamilton counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,804 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sharonville is located at .It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area....
and Sycamore
Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Sycamore Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 19,675 people in the township.-Geography:...
branches of the Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
post office.
Further reading
- Elva R. Adams. Warren County Revisited. [Lebanon, Ohio]: Warren County Historical Society, 1989.
- The Centennial Atlas of Warren County, Ohio. Lebanon, Ohio: The Centennial Atlas Association, 1903.
- Nancy Cutler. Ohio Township Government : A Case Study Comparison of Anderson Township and Deerfield Township. M.A. Thesis, University of CincinnatiUniversity of CincinnatiThe University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
, 1998 - Sergei Gerasenko. The Annexation History of Deerfield Township and the City of Mason. M.A. Thesis, University of CincinnatiUniversity of CincinnatiThe University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
, 1999. - Josiah Morrow. The History of Warren County, Ohio. Chicago: W.H. Beers, 1883. (Reprinted several times)
- Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 6th ed. Yarmouth, MaineYarmouth, MaineYarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, located approximately ten to fifteen miles north of Portland. Its population was 8,349 at the 2010 census....
: DeLorme, 2001. ISBN 0-89933-281-1 - Thomas D. Schiffer. Peters & King: The Birth & Evolution of the Peters Cartridge Co. & the King Powder Co. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-87349-363-X
- William E. Smith. History of Southwestern Ohio: The Miami Valleys. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1964. 3 vols.
- Rose Marie Springman. Around Mason, Ohio: A Story. [Mason, Ohio?]: The Author, 1982.
- Warren County Engineer's Office. Official Highway Map 2003. Lebanon, Ohio: The Office, 2003.