Litchfield (Taylor County, IA) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Litchfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Litchfield and the surrounding area.

Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Taylor County

Communities Also Named Litchfield ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Litchfield.

Within Iowa, the name Litchfield is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Maricopa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Litchfield [Maricopa County].
- California
  - Lassen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Litchfield [Lassen County].
- Illinois
  - Kankakee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Litchfield [Kankakee County].
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Litchfield [Montgomery County].
- Kansas
  - Crawford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Litchfield [Crawford County].
- Maine
  - Kennebec County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Litchfield [Kennebec County].
- Michigan
  - Hillsdale County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Litchfield [Hillsdale County].
- Minnesota
  - Meeker County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Litchfield [Meeker County].
- Nebraska
  - Sherman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Litchfield [Sherman County].
- New Hampshire
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Litchfield [Hillsborough County].
- New York
  - Herkimer County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Litchfield [Herkimer County].
  - Tioga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Litchfield [Tioga County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Litchfield.
- Ohio
  - Medina County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Litchfield [Medina County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Bradford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Litchfield [Bradford County].
- Quebec
  - Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Litchfield.
- Virginia
  - Fauquier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Litchfield [Fauquier County].

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Litchfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.