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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Litchfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Litchfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Litchfield, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Litchfield (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Litchfield. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Litchfield is historic, it would have been located within present day Crawford County.
To see how the shape of Kansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crawford County: Bourbon, Cherokee, Labette, Neosho, Barton (MO), Jasper (MO) & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Litchfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Litchfield:
- Crawford County (The home county of Litchfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield, with the one closest to Litchfield listed first.
- Cornell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Frontenac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Pittsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Capaldo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Curranville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Fox Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Lone Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Opolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Kirkwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield, with the one closest to Litchfield listed first.
- Pawnee Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Garland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Godfrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Hiattville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Edward
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Hollister
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Ronald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Fort Scott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <2>
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Marmaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Porterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield, with the one closest to Litchfield listed first.
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Lawton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Scammon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Carona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- Stone City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- East Mineral ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Mineral is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mineral
- Mackie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mackie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
- Labette County
- Strauss
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Strauss is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
- Neosho County
- Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield, with the one closest to Litchfield listed first.
- Mindenmines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burgess
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Burgess is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Liberal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Oakton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oakton is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Lamar Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Irwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Kenoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Bushnell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Golden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jasper County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield, with the one closest to Litchfield listed first.
- Opolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Asbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Medoc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Waco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Neck City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Purcell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carl Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Smithfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Alba
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alba is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Oronogo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield, with the one closest to Litchfield listed first.
- Dennis Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Grand Falls Plaza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Cliff Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Leawood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leawood is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Silver Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Redings Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Saginaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield, with the one closest to Litchfield listed first.
- Bronaugh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Moundville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Milo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milo is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Bellamy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Litchfield, see our County-by-County Page for Litchfield.
Cemeteries Near Litchfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Litchfield.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Litchfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Litchfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Litchfield, with the one closest to Litchfield listed first.
- Frontenac Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mindenmines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shirley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dietz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Garden of Memories
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- West Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crocker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rosebank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank Cemetery
- The Rosebank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mulberry Cemetery
- Rose Bank Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93543 <3>
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Litchfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Litchfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Litchfield, with the one closest to Litchfield listed first.
- Midway
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Cornell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Frontenac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mindenmines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Lone Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Chicopee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chicopee is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Opolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Arma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fleming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fleming is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Liberal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Cherokee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Litchfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Litchfield.
Newspapers Published in Litchfield ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Litchfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Litchfield, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Litchfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Litchfield:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Labette County
- Neosho County
- Barton County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Litchfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Litchfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |