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Welcome to Litchfield ...

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.

Litchfield would have been located within present day Crawford County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Litchfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Litchfield is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Litchfield was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Litchfield was located: 620

Communities Also Named Litchfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Litchfield - they are located in Arizona, California, Illinois (2), Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quebec and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Litchfield.

Communities near Litchfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Litchfield.

  • Pittsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Carl Junction
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Oronogo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Oronogo is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronogo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,666 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oronogo <4>
  • Girard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Arma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Arma is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <4>
  • Cherokee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mulberry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Litchfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Litchfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Litchfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Litchfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Litchfield. See our Newspapers Page for Litchfield.

Adding Litchfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Litchfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Litchfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Litchfield post office opened in 1881. The Litchfield post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Litchfield.

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Litchfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/