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Litchfield County is a county in northwestern Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 185,186. The county was named after Lichfield, in England. Litchfield County has the lowest population density of any county in Connecticut and is the state's largest county by area.
Litchfield is derived from the English word “Lichfield” meaning a field of corpses, a place for burning heretics. Litchfield has the unique honor of being the only town in the county that was incorporated (1719) one full year before the first settler arrived (1720).
Originally called Bantam township, Litchfield incorporated in 1719. The town derives its name from Lichfield, in England. In 1751 it became the county seat of Litchfield County, and at the same time the borough of Litchfield (incorporated in 1879) was laid out.
Litchfield county was created in 1751 and named for Litchfield, Eng. The town of Litchfield is the birthplace of frontiersman Ethan Allen , minister Henry Ward Beecher , and author Harriet Beecher Stowe .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Litchfield, town (township), Litchfield county, northwestern Connecticut, U.S. It includes the boroughs of Litchfield and Bantam. The lands that became Litchfield were purchased from the Tunxis Indians in 1715–16. The town, named for Lichfield, England, and incorporated in 1719, was settled in.
Litchfield County is located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. State of Connecticut. As of the 2020 census , the population was 185,186. [1] The county has a total area of 2,446 km² (945 mi² ).
