| Official Name: | Deerfield Township, Portage County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Civil township |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Deerfield Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Portage |
| Government Type: | Civil township |
| Established Date: | 1806 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 68.5 |
| Area Land Km2: | 58.9 |
| Area Water Km2: | 9.6 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 26.5 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 22.7 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 3.7 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2838 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 107.1 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 320 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1050 |
| Coordinates: | 41.0197°N -81.0417°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 44411 |
| Area Code: | 330, 234 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-21210[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1086825 |
Deerfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,838 people in the township.[3]
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Deerfield Township.
Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Deerfield Township covers an area of 25sqmi.
Deerfield Township was organized in 1806 and takes its name from Deerfield, Massachusetts, the native home of a first settler.[4] [5] Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in Morgan, Ross, and Warren counties.
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,[6] 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.
From 2013 until 2018, the Portage County District Library operated the Deerfield Computer Lab at the Deerfield Township Hall.[7]