Litchfield Park was first counted by the census in 1970
Among the newest of U.S. towns · #134 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
Most of Litchfield Park was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1970.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Litchfield Park is among the newest of U.S. towns, #134 of 140 in Arizona. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Litchfield Park’s overall grade.
Few Arizona towns list much on the Register (a typical Arizona town has 0.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Litchfield Park’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (29% of Arizona towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be D−. The pre-1940 share (±0.7 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: the first census (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Litchfield Park’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The town of Litchfield Park is a community outside of Phoenix named after its founder, Paul Weeks Litchfield (1875–1959). He was an executive of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company who came to the Phoenix area in 1916 in search of suitable land to farm a long-staple cotton that had previously been available only from the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and from Egypt. This cotton was needed to strengthen the rubber in the pneumatic tire, of which Goodyear was the world's largest producer. The East Coast cotton supply had been devastated by the boll weevil, and the African supply had been greatly reduced by World War I attacks from German U-boats. Litchfield went to the Phoenix area at the suggestion of the US Department of Agriculture, but was not successful in motivating local farmers to grow his cotton. Instead, he got Goodyear to form the Southwest Cotton Company in Phoenix, with…
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Litchfield Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1957Tolleson sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Litchfield Park.
People over time
Litchfield Park, census by census
Grew from 1,664 people in 1970 to 6,847 in 2020, 4 times over.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Litchfield Park’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Another post office, Litchton, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
LaLoma Ranch
Gone or out of use
Litchfield AirportairportLitchfield Park Airportairport
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Litchfield Park post office opened in 1970, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1987.
How does Litchfield Park rank for history?
Litchfield Park is among the newest of U.S. towns, #134 of 140 in Arizona. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Litchfield Park?
0.0% of Litchfield Park’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.4% for an Arizona town; the median home was built in 2003.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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