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Litchfield Minnesota Community Guide

Litchfield is a city in and the county seat of Meeker County, Minnesota. U.S. Route 12 and Minnesota State Highways 22 and 24 are three of the main routes in the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.40 square miles (13.99 km2), of which 4.43 square miles (11.47 km2) is land and 0.97 square miles (2.51 km2) is water. The elevation is 1,129 ft (344 m) above sea level.

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LITCHFIELD Township, organized April 5, 1858, was at first named Ripley for the lake in the township and then Ness in honor of Ole Halvorson Ness, one of its original party of Norwegian settlers, who came in July 1856. It continued to bear that name until its village was platted in 1869 on the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, then being built. By petition of its citizens, the township received the village name, Litchfield, in honor of a family who prominently aided in the construction and financing of the railway, including three brothers, Egbert S., Edwin C., and E. Darwin Litchfield. They were the contractors by whom the line from St. Paul to St. Cloud and Watab was built in 1862 to 1864, and later they aided to provide the means for building this more southern line through Meeker County to Breckenridge (Life of James J. Hill, by J. G. Pyle, 1917, 2 vols.). Partly in appreciation of the honor of the name given to the village and township, generous donations to the Episcopal church here were received from Mrs. E. Darwin Litchfield in London. Another of this family, William B. Litchfield, was in 1869 the general manager of this railroad, and his son, Electus D. Litchfield, was the architect, in 1915-17, of the new building of the St. Paul Public Library and the Hill Reference Library. Litchfield village was established and platted in 1869 when the Great Northern Railway came through and succeeded Forest City as the county seat in the fall of 1869; the townsite was owned by George B. Waller and was incorporated February 29, 1872; the post office began in 1869 with John A. C. Waller, postmaster.

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Litchfield City Hall 126 Marshall Avenue N Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-7201 Fax: (320) 693-9134 Regular Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm City Council Meetings: 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at 5:30 pm
Title	Term Ends	Name and Address		Phone
Mayor	12/31/2022	Keith Johnson 626 Turnberry Lane Litchfield, MN 55355		(320) 593-3731
City Administrator	appointed	Dave Cziok 126 Marshall Avenue N Litchfield, MN 55355		(320) 693-7201
Council Member - Ward 1	12/31/2022	Eric L Mathwig 931 Cottonwood Avenue N Litchfield, MN 55355		(320) 593-6274
Council Member - Ward 2	12/31/2024	Darlene Kotelnicki 425 N Gorman Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355		(320) 693-6472
Council Member - Ward 3	12/31/2022	Betty J. Allen 803 S Armstrong Litchfield, MN 55355		(320) 693-8997
Council Member - Ward 4	12/31/2024	John Carlson 622 W St. Paul Street Litchfield, MN 55355		(320) 282-2398
Council Member - Ward 5	12/31/2022	Sara Miller 206 W 9th Street Litchfield, MN 55355		(320) 241-5649
Council Member - At Large	12/31/2024	Ron Dingmann 808 S Marshall Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355		(320) 693-2009

US Post Office 35 E 2nd Street Litchfield, MN 55355-2101 Phone: (320) 693-6252 Toll Free: (800) ASK-USPS Regular Business Hours: Week Days        8:30 am - 4:30 pm Saturday           9:00 am - 10:30 pm

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Meeker County Historical Society Museum 308 N Marshall Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-8911 Our Mission: To enhance , archive, and preserve the Meeker County Museum and Civil War Building Complex and it's growing collection of artifacts of local historical and genealogical significance and to provide educational programming and other means for dissemination of local historical and genealogical information to present and future generations.

Lake Name	Size (acres)	Lake info	Lake Map	Rec Map	Topo Map
Greenleaf	238
Minnie Belle	597
Ripley - east portion	130
Ripley - west portion	614
Round	266
Star	553
Stone	26
Willie	192

Affiliated Community Medical Center 520 S Sibley Street Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-3233 ACMC-Litchfield has two clinics which staff 16 multispecialty physicians and advanced practice providers in the areas of family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, psychology and general surgery. The Meeker Memorial Hospital, a 38-bed facility, provides a full range of primary and emergency care services, as well as many support programs. Both clinics are accessible by wheelchair. The entrance ramp is located at the main entrance to both clinics.

Meeker Memorial Hospital 612 S Sibley Street Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-4500 Fax: (320) 693-4567 At Meeker Memorial Hospital and Clinic, we know your family’s health care needs change. That’s why our expanded hospital facility does include a new enhanced Emergency Room, Radiology and Surgery, private patient rooms and combined rehabilitation space. We continue to offer you experts you can count on. And, we are backed by the region’s best specialists through Meeker Memorial Specialty Clinics.

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Litchfield Public Schools Independent School District #465 307 E 6th Street Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-2444 Fax: (320) 693-6528 Grades:  PK-12 Students:  1,705
Litchfield High School 901 N Gilman Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-2441 Fax: (320) 593-3308 Grades:  9-12 Students:  474
Litchfield Middle School 340 E 10th Street Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-2444 Fax: (320) 593-3485 Grades:  5-8 Students:  489
Lake Ripley Elementary School 100 W Pleasure Drive Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-2436 Fax: (320) 593-0227 Grades:  K-4 Students:  578
Wagner Education Building 307 E 6th Street Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-2444 Fax: (320) 693-6528 Grades:  PK Students:  n/a
School of St. Philip 225 E 3rd Street Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-6283 Grades:  K-5 Students:  n/a

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Beckville Lutheran Church - ELCA 20521 600th Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 221-4840 Pastor:  Mindy Czycalla Sunday Service:  10:45 am
Christian Church of Litchfield 312 N Marshall Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 593-3635 Pastor:  Tim Ogle Sunday Service:  8:30 am and 10:15 am
Church of God 501 S Ramsey Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-6391 Pastor:  Darrell Cardwell Sunday Service:  10:00 am
Church of the Nazarene 422 N Ramsey Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-8108 Pastor:  n/a Sunday Service:  9:30 am
Cornerstone Church 205 County Road 34 Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 593-7971 Pastor:  n/a Sunday Service:  9:00 am and 10:30 am
First Evangelical Lutheran Church - ELCA 703 S Sibley Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-2487 Pastor:  Tom Evenson Sunday Service:  8:30 am and 10:45 am
First Presbyterian Church 225 N Holcombe Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-3548 Pastor:  Gordy Pennertz, CLP Sunday Service:  10:00 am
Harvest Community Church 303 S Gorman Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 221-1817 Pastor:  n/a Sunday Service:  n/a
Immanuel Lutheran Church - LCMS 175 W 11th Street Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-6155 Pastor:  Samuel Morsching Sunday Service:  9:00 am
Jehovah's Witnesses 61475 US Highway 12 Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-2998 Pastor:  n/a Sunday Service:  n/a
Lighthouse Assembly of God Church 28164 State Highway 22 Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 593-2202 Pastor:  Neil and Kim Dezelske Sunday Service:  10:00 am
Litchfield Seventh Day Adventist Church 313 N Miller Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-6910 Pastor:  Bill Nixon Saturday Service:  11:15 am
Ness Church 24040 580th Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-8905 Pastor:  none Sunday Service:  none The church membership disbanded in 1968. However, the church is still used for reunions, weddings and other celebrations.
St. Gertrude's Catholic Church 31608 650th Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-7801 Pastor:  Fr. Jeffrey Horejsi Sunday Mass:  none Merged with St. Philip's Church in Litchfield in May 2017. Mass is no longer celebrated at St. Gertrude
St. Matthews United Church of Christ 31415 County Road 2 Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-3848 Pastor:  n/a Sunday Service:  10:30 am
St. Paul Lutheran Church - WELS 227 S Ramsey Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 593-6324 Pastor:  n/a Sunday Service:  8:15 am and 10:45 am
St. Philip Catholic Church 821 E 5th Street Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-3313 Pastor:  Fr. Jeffrey Horejsi Sunday Mass:  8:00 am, 10:30 am and 12:00 pm (Spanish)
Trinity Episcopal Church 3 E 4th Street Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-6035 Pastor:  Rev. Robert Miller Sunday Service:  10:30 am
United Methodist Church 1000 S Sibley Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-3409 Pastor:   Bill Kerr Sunday Service:  n/a
Zion Lutheran Church - ELCA 504 N Gilman Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-3207 Pastor:  Christian Muellerleile Sunday Service:  8:30 am and 10:45 am

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KLFD Radio 234 N Sibley Avenue Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-3281
Litchfield Independent Review 217 N Sibley Avenue PO Box 307 Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-3266 Weekly newspaper published every Thursday with a circulation of 10,941

Motels:

Americinn 1525 E US Highway 12 Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-1600 Enjoy a comfortable stay at Americinn Lodge & Suites Litchfield. Conveniently located off Route 12 in the historic town of Litchfield, our hotel is minutes from Meeker Memorial Hospital as well as local businesses such as Anderson Chemical, Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, First District Association, and more. Nearby Lake Ripley offers a variety of outdoor activities, including fishing and camping.

Knights Inn 1017 E Frontage Road Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: (320) 693-2496 Enjoy excellent rates and valuable amenities when you book your room at our Knights Inn Litchfield MN hotel, near Lake Ripley. With a convenient location off Route 12 and Highway 22, visiting popular local destinations is easy.

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