The Village of Deerfield, Michigan is in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, in Lenawee County, on the eastern edge of central Deerfield Township, bordering on Summerfield Township, in Monroe County.
The main route through the village is Deerfield Road, which runs roughly northeast-southwest through Deerfield's downtown district. Other routes include Bucholtz Highway, Kingsbury Road, Rouget Road, Rodesiler Highway, Taft Road, and County Line Highway, which forms the village's eastern boundary. The River Raisin forms the southwestern boundary.
The unincorporated community of Deer Creek is 1.4 miles to the southwest, while Deerfield Center is 4.1 miles north-northwest. Nearby incorporated municipalities include Petersburg (3.8 miles east-northeast), Blissfield (8.4 miles southwest), Britton (9.3 miles north), Dundee (10.9 miles northeast), Adrian (14.2 miles west), and Tecumseh (15.3 miles northwest).
Although Deefield is within 25-30 miles from Toledo, Ohio, and Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Michigan, the village is known for agriculture and small-town living. There are farms within the village limits, and many of its other businesses support agricultural industries. Most residents of Deerfield commute to Adrian, Ann Arbor, Toledo, or Ypsilanti.
The actor, Danny Thomas, was born in Deerfield in 1912, although his birth name was Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz.
The first settler on the land that became Deerfield was William Kedzie, who made the first land purchase there in 1824 and moved onto his land in 1826, coming from New York. When a post office was established on March 20, 1828, Kedzie became the first postmaster for the town, which was named Kedzie's Grove. On August 29, 1837, the post office took the current name of the village, derived from the many deer who frequented the area. Deerfield was incorporated as a village in 1873. With a population between eight hundred and nine hundred today, the village's peak population was 1,005 in 2000, while its lowest population was 421 in 1890.
The focus of this guide is on the incorporated village of Deerfield, Michigan. Online resources representing the village itself, or any individuals, businesses, industries, schools, churches, organizations, attractions, and events within the village.
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Situated along Rodesiler Highway in Deerfield, Michigan, the apple orchard was established in 1935, and the business is still in the hands of members of the same family. Growing several varieties of apples, the estimated harvest dates for each are posted, with information on its procedures for packing, shipping, and merchandising orders, as well as its partnerships. The orchard’s location is shown on a map, and contacts are presented.
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In 2011, the Britton and Deerfield school boards consolidated, forming one district. The Britton school building houses PK-3rd-grade lower elementary students, as well as high school students in the 9-12th-grades, while the Deerfield campus houses upper elementary students, in the 4-5th-grades, as well as middle school students in the 6-8th-grades. School locations, schedules, and contacts are posted, including a staff directory, student supply lists, and other resources.
https://www.bdschools.us/
Deerfield Free Methodist Church
Meeting at its facilities on East River Street in Deerfield, Michigan, the congregation is part of the Free Methodist Church, a Methodist denomination within the Holiness movement, and which is evangelical and Wesleyan-Arminian in theology. Meeting on Sunday mornings for Bible study and worship, the congregation comes together in various places and times throughout the week. A calendar of services and events, a sermon archive, and a prayer request form are featured.
https://www.deerfieldfmc.org/
Light of Christ Catholic Parish
Formed from the merger of two neighboring parishes, St. Peter the Apostle and St. Alphonsus, the Roman Catholic parish is centered on the villages of Blissfield and Deerfield, nine miles apart, and serves the larger area surrounding these communities. Its two locations are defined, along with parish organizations, councils, commissions, and staff, as well as mass and ministry schedules, faith formation and parish registration, and religious education.
https://www.lightofchristparish.com/
Incorporated in 1873, the village is in Lenawee County, in the southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The official municipal website lists village officials, its planning commission, public works, and building department, and posts its office hours, a calendar of upcoming meetings and events, ordinances and laws, council meeting minutes, financial reports, and other forms and documents. Telephone and fax numbers, emergency numbers, and a contact form are featured.
https://www.deerfieldmichigan.gov/
