Deer Creek Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Deer Creek Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Deer Creek Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 348 at the 2000 census. Deer Creek Township was organized in 1873. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which of it is land and of it (0.58%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 348 people, 113 households, and 96 families residing in the township. The population density was 10.8 people per square mile (4.2/km²). There were 132 housing units at an average density
Deer hay wind peak in the early 1300s at which time around 3,200 parks in England covered up to 2% of the total land area representing about a quarter of the country’s woodland. The word 'elerc' or 'erelc' in Gaelic originally meant 'ambush' and later meant a 'deer trap' described as a funnel-like defile, artificial or natural into which deer were herded so that they could be contained and then killed. The personal or place name 'Elrick' is linked to such deer traps. The Gaelic name "Tainchell" was the term used for the group of beaters who took part. The Gaelic word 'eilid'