History · Deerfield

Deerfield’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Deerfield. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Deerfield Township is a civil township of Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,785 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,816 people in 2010, 1,785 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1991.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Deerfield yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1900Plat book of Mecosta County, MichiganCommons
1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Deerfield’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPlat book of Mecosta County, Mich…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
By decade

Deerfield, decade by decade

1910s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Plat book of Mecosta County, Michigan (1900) and it appears here side by side.

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