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Litchfield
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town in and former county seat in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- U s state
- Connecticut
- County
- Litchfield
- Region
- Northwest Hills
- Type
- Selectman-town meeting
- First selectman
- Denise Raap ( D )
- Selectmen
- JodiAnn Tenney (D), Christine Harding ( R ), Jonathan E. Torrant (R), Jeffrey J. Zullo (D)
- Total
- 56.8 sq mi (147.1 km )
- Land
- 56.1 sq mi (145.3 km )
- Water
- 0.69 sq mi (1.8 km )
- Elevation
- 1,079 ft (329 m)
- Density
- 146/sq mi (56.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip code
- 06750 [Bantam], 06759 [Litchfield], 06778 [Northfield]
- Area codes
- 860/959
- Fips code
- 09-43370
- Gnis feature id
- 0213452
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Litchfield
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Litchfield County
- Capital
- Litchfield County
- Population
- 8192
- Area
- 56.8
- Elevation
- 331
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Litchfield County
- Official website
- www.townoflitchfield.org/Pages/index
- Image
- Litchfield Connecticut.JPG
- Households
- 3371
- Dialing code
- 860
Show 10 more facts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Litchfield, Connecticut
- Commons category
- Litchfield, Connecticut
- topic's main category
- Category:Litchfield, Connecticut
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Litchfield, Connecticut
- postal code
- 06759
- inception
- 1719-00-00
- per capita income
- 49908
- P8168
- Edoardo Nesi
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Berzo Inferiore
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Litchfield is a town in and former county seat of Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,192 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region. The boroughs of Bantam and Litchfield are located within the town. There are also three unincorporated villages: East Litchfield, Milton, and Northfield. Northfield, located in the southeastern corner of Litchfield, is home to a high percentage of the Litchfield population.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Litchfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.