Litchfield is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in central
Litchfield Township,
Medina County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. It is situated at the junction of State Routes
83 and
18, about nine miles northwest of the city of
Medina
Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...
.
A post office called Litchfield has been in operation since 1832. The community takes its name from Litchfield Township.
This town is part of the Buckeye Local School District, along with
Liverpool Township and
York Township.
Notable people
*
Oviatt Cole,
Ohio State Auditor.
*
Josephine Sophia White Griffing, reformer.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Medina County, Ohio
Populated places established in 1831
1831 establishments in Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio