Do you know of Deerfield ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Deerfield. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Deerfield.
Our sources for Deerfield (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Deerfield other than they indicate that Deerfield would be found somewhere in Watauga County, North Carolina.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Deerfield ...
We found 65 communities that share the name Deerfield.
There are six communities within North Carolina that are also named Deerfield.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 59 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 59 communities, 64 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Alamance County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Deerfield [Alamance County].
- Onslow County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Deerfield [Onslow County].
- Pitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Deerfield [Pitt County].
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Deerfield [Rutherford County].
- Wake County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Deerfield [Wake County].
- Wilson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Deerfield [Wilson County].
- Alamance County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Deerfield [Tuscaloosa County].
- Arkansas
- Desha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Deerfield [Desha County].
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Bulloch County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Deerfield [Bulloch County].
- Cobb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Deerfield [Cobb County].
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Deerfield [Douglas County].
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Deerfield [Fulton County].
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Deerfield [Newton County].
- Illinois
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Deerfield [Lake County].
- Indiana
- Bartholomew County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Deerfield [Bartholomew County].
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Deerfield [Randolph County].
- Vigo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Deerfield [Vigo County].
- Iowa
- Chickasaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Deerfield [Chickasaw County].
- Kansas
- Finney County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Deerfield [Finney County].
- Kearny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Deerfield [Kearny County].
- Kentucky
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Deerfield [Fayette County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Deerfield [Anne Arundel County].
- Calvert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Deerfield [Calvert County].
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Deerfield [Frederick County].
- Harford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Deerfield [Harford County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Deerfield [Montgomery County].
- Queen Anne's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Deerfield [Queen Anne's County].
- Wicomico County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Deerfield [Wicomico County].
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Deerfield [Franklin County].
- Michigan
- Lenawee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Deerfield [Lenawee County].
- Van Buren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Deerfield [Van Buren County].
- Minnesota
- Steele County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Deerfield [Steele County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Vernon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Deerfield [Vernon County].
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Deerfield [Cumberland County].
- New York
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Deerfield.
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Florence County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Deerfield [Florence County].
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Deerfield [Greenville County].
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Deerfield [Jasper County].
- Sumter County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Deerfield [Sumter County].
- South Dakota
- Pennington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Deerfield [Pennington County].
- Tennessee
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Deerfield [Lawrence County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Deerfield [Montgomery County].
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Deerfield [Rutherford County].
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Deerfield [Sullivan County].
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Deerfield [Williamson County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Deerfield [Augusta County].
- Goochland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Deerfield [Goochland County].
- Newport News City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Deerfield [Newport News City].
- Prince William County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Deerfield [Prince William County].
- Suffolk City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Deerfield [Suffolk City].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Deerfield [Dane County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Deerfield ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Deerfield:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Deerfield - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Deerfield.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 37/16740 (Place Name: Deerfield)
County: Watauga (FIPS State/County: 37/189)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Deerfield) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Watauga County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Watauga County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Deerfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |