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Place Name
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Litchfield County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Winsted and Litchfield
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Population
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174,092 (1990)
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Location
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Connecticut, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°47'N
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Longitude
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73°15'W
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Litchfield
, county (
944 sq mi/2,445 sq km; 1990 pop.
174,092), NW Conn., on Mass. and N.Y. state lines;  Winsted and
Litchfield; 41°47'N 73°15'W. Diversified mfg. in Torrington,
Thomaston, and Winsted (metal prods., electrical equip., consumer
goods, machinery, glass and plastic prods., textiles, apparel,
machinery, furniture). Agr. (dairy prods., vegetables, fruit; tobacco;
poultry). Many resorts on lakes and in Litchfield Hills; Mt. Frissell
(2,380 ft/725 m), highest point in Conn., is
near Salisbury. Includes part of L. Candlewood, and Waramaug,
Wononskopomuc, Highland, and Bantam lakes, several state parks and
forests; winter sports center at Mohawk Mt. State Park. Drained by
Housatonic, Naugatuck, Shepaug, Farmington, Pomperaug, and Still
rivers. Constituted 1751.
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