Deerfield, Iowa
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|subdivision_name2 = Chickasaw County
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=July 20, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720110047/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|url-status=live}}
History
File:Chickasaw County Iowa 1903.png Deerfield was named after Deerfield, Massachusetts; the area was first settled by whites in 1854.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}}. Deerfield's population was estimated as 150 in 1875,{{Cite book |title=Post Office, Census, Express, Telegraph, R.R. and River Directory of Entire South & West, Official and Complete |publisher=Logan Publishing Company |year=1875 |location=St. Louis, Missouri |url=https://www.forgottenbooks.com/it/download/LogansPostOfficeCensusExpressTelegraphRailroadandRiverDirectoryoftheEntireWestan_10530512.pdf |pages=26 |language=en |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203180718/https://www.forgottenbooks.com/it/download/LogansPostOfficeCensusExpressTelegraphRailroadandRiverDirectoryoftheEntireWestan_10530512.pdf |url-status=live }} and was 29 in 1902.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC |title=Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition |date=1902 |publisher=J. R. Gray & Company |pages=203–207 |language=en}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Chickasaw County, Iowa