Editing Deer Creek, Illinois (section)

== History ==
Deer Creek was founded in 1830.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://deercreekillinois.org/history.html|title=History|website=Welcome to the Village of Deer Creek|language=en|access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref> Deer Creek received its name from the creek that ran through the northwest part of the village and the red deer that roamed the woods and came to the creek for water.<ref name=":0" /> In the late 1830s, Abraham Chaffer started the first business in Deer Creek at Chaffer's Corner, which was located in the center of Deer Creek Township.<ref name=":0" /> The location of Deer Creek has moved three times since 1830, from Chaffer's Corner to New Castle, from New Castle to Belmont, and from Belmont to the present site of Village of Deer Creek.<ref name=":0" />