Deerfield, Iowa

Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States
43°09′49″N 92°29′44″W / 43.16361°N 92.49556°W / 43.16361; -92.49556Country United StatesState IowaCountyChickasaw CountyTime zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Deerfield is an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States. It is located near the intersections of County Highways B28 and T76 on the east side of the Wapsipinicon River. It is five miles east of Colwell and four miles northwest of North Washington, at 43.162975N, -92.495651W.[1]

History

Deerfield in Chickasaw County, Iowa, in 1903

Deerfield was named after Deerfield, Massachusetts; the area was first settled by whites in 1854.[2] Deerfield's population was estimated as 150 in 1875,[3] and was 29 in 1902.[4]

References

  1. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Fairbairn, Robert Herd (1919). History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa, Volume 2, p. 70. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. ISBN 1-148-50004-9.
  3. ^ Post Office, Census, Express, Telegraph, R.R. and River Directory of Entire South & West, Official and Complete (PDF). St. Louis, Missouri: Logan Publishing Company. 1875. p. 26.
  4. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
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