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Litchfield County was created on October 9, 1751, by an act of the Connecticut General Court from land belonging to Fairfield, New Haven, and Hartford counties. The act establishing the county states:
That the townships of Litchfield, Woodbury, New Milford,
Harwinton, New Hartford, Barkhamsted, Hartland, Colebrook,
Norfolk, Canaan, Salisbury, Kent, Sharon, Cornwall, Goshen,
Torrington, and Winchester, lying in the northwesterly part
of this Colony, shall be and remain one entire county,and be
called the County of Litchfield, and shall have and exercise
the same powers, priviledges and authorities, and be subject
to the same regulations, as the other counties in this Colony
by law have and are subject unto. The bounds of which
county shall extend north to the Colony line, and west to the
Colony line till it meets with the township of New Fairfield,
and to include the towns above mentioned.
Between 1780 and 1807, several new towns were created at the boundaries between Litchfield County and other counties in Connecticut. The town of Watertown was established in 1780 from Waterbury and was placed under Litchfield County jurisdiction. The establishment of the town of Brookfield from part of New Milford in 1788 resulted in Litchfield County losing territory to Fairfield County. In 1796, the town of Hartland was transferred to Hartford County. In 1798, the town of Oxford was established from part of Southbury causing Litchfield County to lose territory to New Haven County. The establishment of the town of Canton in 1806 from part of New Hartford caused loss of territory to Hartford County. In 1807, the town of Southbury was transferred to New Haven County. The final boundary change occurred on October 8, 1807, when the town of Middlebury was established from part of Woodbury.
Cities, Towns, and Villages
Barkhamsted (Town)
Bethlehem (Town)
Bridgewater (Town)
Canaan (Town)
Colebrook (Town)
Cornwall (Town)
Goshen (Town)
Harwinton (Town)
-- Northwest Harwinton (a village of Harwinton)
Kent (Town)
--South Kent (a village of Kent)
Litchfield (Town) Former county seat
-- Bantam (a borough of Litchfield)
Morris (Town)
New Hartford (Town)
New Milford (Town)
--Gaylordsville (a village of New Milford) |
Norfolk (Town)
North Canaan (Town)
Plymouth (Town)
-- Terryville (a village of Plymouth)
Roxbury (Town)
Salisbury (Town)
Sharon (Town)
Thomaston (Town)
Torrington (City)
Warren (Town)
Washington (Town)
-- New Preston (a village of Washington)
Watertown (Town)
-- Oakville (a section of Watertown)
Winchester (Town)
-- Winsted (a city of Winchester)
Woodbury (Town) |
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