Litchfield, Minnesota Litchfield, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Litchfieldwithin Meeker Countyin the state of Minnesota Location of the town/city of Litchfield in the state of Minnesota Country United States State Minnesota Litchfield is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The populace was 6,726 at the 2010 census. Litchfield was platted in 1869 when the barns was extended to that point. The town/city is titled after the family English capitalist E.
Darwin Litchfield, a primary stockholder of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad. A postal service has been in operation at Litchfield since 1869. Litchfield was incorporated in 1872. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.40 square miles (13.99 km2), of which 4.43 square miles (11.47 km2) is territory and 0.97 square miles (2.51 km2) is water. Highway 12 and Minnesota State Highways 22 and 24 are three of the chief routes in the city.
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,726 citizens , 2,747 homeholds, and 1,749 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.8% White, 0.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 2.6% from other competitions, and 0.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,747 homeholds of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 36.3% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 39.6 years.
24.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.9% were from 25 to 44; 25.6% were from 45 to 64; and 18.4% were 65 years of age or older.
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Having been a six-year veteran of the Norwegian Army, Ole supervised the assembly of the Forest City Stockade which provided shelter to 240 pioneer during the U.S.
MN Music Hall of Fame Inductee, resident of Litchfield, MN for more than 30 years.
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Terry Shaw - Minnesota Music Hall of Fame and author of Terry Tales and Terry Tales 2 (books on the history of Litchfield).
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United States Geological Survey.
Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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Meeker County Historical Society Meeker County Historical Society Municipalities and communities of Meeker County, Minnesota, United States County seat: Litchfield Cedar Mills Cosmos Darwin Dassel Eden Valley Grove City Kingston Litchfield Watkins Acton Cedar Mills Collinwood Cosmos Danielson Darwin Dassel Ellsworth Forest City Forest Prairie Greenleaf Harvey Kingston Litchfield Manannah Swede Grove Union Grove This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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