Litchfield, New York
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Litchfield, New York

Litchfield is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,444 at the 2020 census, down from 1,513 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Litchfield, Connecticut, the source of some early settlers of the city.

The town of Litchfield is in the southwestern part of the county and is southeast of Utica.

Settlement began around 1786 at Wheelocks Hill.

The town of Litchfield was established from part of the town of German Flatts in 1796. Part of the town was used to form the town of Winfield in 1816.

12-year-old Sara Anne Wood disappeared from Litchfield in 1993.

"Litchfield Penitentiary", a fictional women's prison in Litchfield, is the setting for the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 30.0 square miles (77.8 km2), of which 30.0 square miles (77.7 km2) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.20%, are water.

The western town line is the border of Oneida County.

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