Place:Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

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NameDeerfield
Alt namesDeerfield Paradesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS33001847
TypeTown
Coordinates43.133°N 71.217°W
Located inRockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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Deerfield is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,855 at the 2020 census,[1] up from 4,280 at the 2010 census. Deerfield is the location of the annual Deerfield Fair.

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Deerfield was originally part of Nottingham. In 1756, residents petitioned for organization of a separate parish, but were denied. In 1765, while a second petition was pending, two local hunters presented colonial governor Benning Wentworth with a deer. Permission was granted, and "Deerfield" was incorporated in 1766. The incorporation act for Deerfield was signed by three members of the Leavitt family, including Capt. Samuel Leavitt who later was one of the town's first selectmen. Leavitts Hill in Deerfield was named for the family, who had first settled in nearby Exeter.[2]

"Deerfield Parade", a hilltop district first settled about 1740, was located on the early postal route between Concord and Portsmouth. Here, the militia of the Revolutionary and Civil wars trained and "paraded" on the village common. The "Parade" was then a professional, cultural and trade center. About 1798, citizens founded Deerfield Academy, a high school. It burned in 1842.

Once a thriving farm community which was disappointed when bypassed by railroads, the town in 1876 established the Deerfield Fair. Now billed as "New England's Oldest Family Fair", the four-day event draws huge crowds each autumn to admire animals, produce and crafts, or to enjoy amusement park rides.

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