More historic than 46% of U.S. towns · #695 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Litchfield Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1904 on and old-book passages.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Litchfield Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #695 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Litchfield Township’s overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Litchfield Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio 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 range from C to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.4 points). Two sources give 1831.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Litchfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Wellington sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Litchfield Township.
Timeline
Litchfield Township, 1831 to 1904
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Litchfield Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Litchfield is an unincorporated community in central Litchfield Township, Medina County, Ohio, United States. It is situated at the junction of State Routes 83 and 18, about nine miles northwest of the city of Medina. 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.
Litchfield Township was established in 1831. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,250 in 2010, 3,215 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Litchfield Township in 1881
Passages that mention Litchfield Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Medina county and Ohio, containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Medina county, giving an account of its aboriginal inhabitants ... pioneer incidents, its growth, its improveme1881Read the page →
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b}* an Eastern land speculator, Judge Holmes, | a number of years. Exchanges of tracts in the of Litchfield, Conn., in the years that imraedi- , township may have been made between Eastern ately followed the war of 1812. Mr. Holmes land speculators, at various times, but no settlewas the sole owner of Litchfield Township at ment occurred in the territory until in the winthat time. Shortly after he had come intoposter of 1830 ; and, from that date, the real progsession of this Western property, the owner , ress of Litchfield Township makes its beginning, had a survey taken of it, and divided it into Under the Land Company’s survey, the terrilots. He caused an 11 opening ” to be made in tory now comprised in Litchfield Township was
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History of Medina County and Ohio1881 · page 520Read the page →
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wealth the Indian possesses, and which alone afferds him a means of earthly sustenance, forsence of game caused the copper-colored sons the first settlers of Litchfield Township. advance in the settlement of the township was made.
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History of Medina County and Ohio1881 · page 209Read the page →
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The factory system in this county, dates from 1866, in Litchfield Township. Cheese factories originated, it is said, in Herkimer County, N. Y. The dairy business began on a considerable scale there, as early as 1800, and, by 1830, a trade had been established with England for the product of this industry. From there it spread to the Western Reserve, beginning in
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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In 1831, according to Wikidata. Litchfield Township’s post office opened in 1832.
How does Litchfield Township rank for history?
Litchfield Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #695 of 993 in Ohio. 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 Township?
9% of Litchfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.4 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1988.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
