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The Deerfield Twp. History Committee is wants to place the King Mansion on National Register of Historic Places. Staff photo by Linda Weisenborn

About Deerfield Township

Founded: 1803
Population: 27,000 (2002 Census)
Location: Southwestern Ohio
Education: 12 Public schools, 2 Vocational schools, 2 colleges/univesities

Formed in 1803, the year Ohio became a state, the township named itself for the large numbers of deer that stopped at local "deer licks," or salt licks. In those days and earlier, "Deerfield Township was clad in its native wilderness," wrote editors of the 19th-century History of Warren County. "Not an open space could be found which would let the mellowing light of the sun pass to the then undisturbed soil."

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Even when Mr. Mettey, 61, arrived 25 years ago, the township was still rural enough to lack some essential services. So he and his wife and other people volunteered to become emergency medical technicians to help start a life squad. Later, he said, residents took college-level paramedic courses to bring that service to Deerfield, too.

In the 1990s, Mr. Mettey became a two-term township trustee, which has given him some definite opinions on his community. He worries that Deerfield will be annexed from two sides, BY Loveland and Mason. And he wonders what will happen next.

One thing is certain: Life in Deerfield - and Warren County - is not the same. It is growing so fast that it has become a white-collar haven.

New people don't necessarily know the township's past. In fact, some of them don't even know they're in a township. Who can blame them? According to their ZIP codes, Deerfield residents live in Loveland, Mason, Maineville, Sharonville and Cincinnati.

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Mason teen on MTV

Emily Sones is one of seven School For the Creative & Performing Arts students highlighted on reality TV show "Taking the Stage," which shows at 11 p.m. Thursdays on MTV.
03/19/2010 at 3:01 p.m. | more galleries like this

New waterslide at Great Wolf Lodge

The new Triple Twist waterslide opened Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Great Wolf Lodge in Mason. Riders on the Triple Twist travel 330 feet through three funnels and a corkscrew before exiting into an indoor pool.
03/04/2010 at 7:12 p.m. | more galleries like this

Adoptable pets in Warren County

See photos of pets who need a home at the Humane Association in Warren County.
02/22/2010 at 6:33 p.m. | more galleries like this

Kings Island job fair

Kings Island Amusement Park hosted a job fair on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 20-21. A record 2335 applicants attended Saturday's session. The park has approximately 10,000 applications for the 4,000 available positions.
02/20/2010 at 6:25 p.m. | more galleries like this

Kings vs. Little Miami

The Kings High School boys basketball team played Little Miami on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010.
02/13/2010 at 12:43 a.m. | more galleries like this

Warren County Candy Shops

Warren County candy shops gear up for Valentine's Day.
02/11/2010 at 2:44 p.m. | more galleries like this

Council votes no on KI tax

King's Island hosted a party for people who opposed a proposed admissions tax and parking facility tax to patrons of the amusement park and other entertainment venues in the city of Mason on Monday, Feb. 8. Following a sometimes heated discussion, the Mason City Council voted down both proposals during its Monday night meeting.
02/09/2010 at 1 a.m. | more galleries like this

Greater Miami Swim Meet

Students from area schools competed Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, in the Greater Miami Conference swimming championships at Mason High School.
02/08/2010 at 9:51 a.m. | more galleries like this

Southwest Swim Meet

Students from Lebanon, Waynesville, Kings, Little Miami, Lakota East, Lakota West, Middletown, Monroe, Franklin, Cincinnati Christian and Fenwick participated Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in the Southwest Coaches Classic swim meet at the Countryside YMCA in Lebanon.
01/19/2010 at 9:07 a.m. | more galleries like this

Little Miami vs. Kings

Little Miami hosted Kings for a boys basketball game Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. The visitors won the game, 47-27.
01/08/2010 at 11:15 p.m. | more galleries like this

 
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