Map of Litchfield, Connecticut in 2026

If you grew up in Litchfield, or you’ve ever stood on the green looking up at the white steeple of the Congregational church, you’ll find your town on this map just as it stands in 2026. Look for your road. West Street, North Street, South Street, East Street, Bantam Road, Torrington Road, Milton Road, Northfield Road, Goshen Road, South Plains Road, Brush Hill Road and East Litchfield Road are all printed by name, along with many more.

Litchfield is in Litchfield County, in the northwest hills of Connecticut, and it has been the county seat since 1751.

KNOWOL made this map in 2026 from public survey data, and gave it the look of an old atlas. The shaded hills, from Milton in the northwest across the borough to Northfield and East Litchfield, come from United States Geological Survey elevation data. The streets and the town line come from the Census Bureau, right down to small roads like East Street No 2. Litchfield, Bantam, Northfield, Milton and East Litchfield are printed by name. A guide of 34 numbered landmarks runs along the bottom, with the National Historic Landmarks and the National Register sites marked, and we checked those against National Park Service records.

From Bantam Township to the County Seat

Litchfield was first called Bantam township, and it was incorporated in 1719, taking its name from Lichfield in England. That’s the year on the title panel: Incorporated 1719. Its founders came from Hartford and Windsor, cleared the land for pasture and farms, and built mills, blacksmith shops and other small industries. In 1751 it became the seat of the new Litchfield County, and the borough was laid out at the same time.

During the Revolution, the Continental Army kept two depots for military stores and a workshop here, from 1776 to 1780. When New Yorkers pulled down the lead statue of King George III on the Bowling Green in July 1776, the pieces were brought to Litchfield, and in Oliver Wolcott’s house his daughter and sister melted them into bullets for the army. By the late 1700s Litchfield was a commercial and cultural center. In 1792 Sarah Pierce opened the Litchfield Female Academy, one of the nation’s first schools devoted to higher education for girls. In the 1800s industry faded and the town became a quiet resort, and today its Colonial and Colonial Revival houses draw visitors looking for old New England. Click here to learn more about the history of Litchfield.

The Green and the Historic District

The cluster of numbers in the middle of the map is the borough, with the green and downtown Litchfield at its heart. The guide marks the Litchfield Historic District (12), named a National Historic Landmark district in 1968 as a well-preserved example of a late 18th century New England village. The Litchfield Town Green (24) was laid out in 1720 as a common pasture, and the first meetinghouse went up on it in 1723. After the Revolution it became a parade ground, in 1836 the town made it a park, and in the Civil War it was the place where soldiers enlisted and were welcomed home. Litchfield Town Hall (3) is beside the green.

The First Congregational Church Meeting House (17), finished in 1829 in the Greek Revival style, is the congregation’s third meetinghouse and the anchor of the historic district. Lyman Beecher was its minister from 1810 to 1826, and his son Henry Ward Beecher was born in Litchfield in those years. After the Civil War the old meetinghouse was moved down the road and used as a dance hall, armory, cinema and roller skating rink, and in 1930 it was rebuilt on its first site. It’s said to be the most photographed church in New England.

Beside the green are the Litchfield History Museum (27) and the Litchfield Historical Society’s Noyes Memorial Building (34). Down South Street is the Tapping Reeve House and Law School (33). Tapping Reeve began teaching law here in 1774, and in 1784 he built a one-room schoolhouse beside his house. It was the first independent law school in America, and before it closed in 1833 it taught more than 1,100 students, among them Aaron Burr and John C. Calhoun. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1965, and the historical society runs it as a museum. Farther along South Street is the Oliver Wolcott House (25), built in 1753 by Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later governor. George Washington stayed there in 1780, and Lafayette visited too. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1971, and it isn’t open to the public. The Oliver Wolcott Library (8) is close by, and the Litchfield Community Field (28) is just west of the green. The guide also lists the Litchfield Post Office (20) and Connecticut State Police Troop L (15).

White Memorial and Bantam

The White Memorial Conservation Center (16) is a natural history museum and nature center in Whitehall, the old home of Alain and May White, who founded the White Memorial Foundation. Much of the land at the north end of Bantam Lake, the largest natural lake in Connecticut, is protected by the foundation.

Southwest of the borough is Bantam, with Bantam Borough Hall (4), the Bantam Cinema & Arts Center (30) and Lakeview High School (5), with the Litchfield Town Beach (23) nearby. North of Bantam, on Maple Street, is the Henry B. Bissell House (9), built in 1850 of granite from the Bissell family’s own quarry. It’s one of the town’s finest stone Greek Revival houses, and it stayed in the family until 1985. To the west are the Litchfield Community Center (29), the Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy (14), Stonybrook Golf Course (26) and the Prospect Mountain Preserve (11). Mount Tom State Park (7), in the far southwest and shared with Washington and Morris, is one of the oldest parks in the state system. Its stone tower, finished in 1921, looks out as far as the Catskills and Long Island Sound.

Milton

In the northwest is Milton, first called West Farms and settled around 1740. Its mills ran on the branches of the Shepaug River, and it flourished until the mid-1800s. The Milton Center Historic District (31) runs along Milton Road from the cemetery to a little triangular green with Trinity Church, and the 1791 Congregational church stands a short way west. At the east end of the village is the David Welch House (21), built in 1756 by John Marsh Jr. for his daughter Irene and her husband David Welch, who ran iron foundries and a store. Local lore says Irene named the village Milton, for its mills.

North and East

North of the borough are the Forman School (18), founded in 1930 by John and Julie Ripley Forman for students with learning differences, the Bantam River Preserve (22) and Lourdes in Litchfield (19). Out on Torrington Road is the Captain William Bull Tavern (13), a gambrel-roofed Colonial house owned in the 1790s by Captain William Bull. In 1923 Frederick Fuessenich saved it from being taken apart and moved it about two miles to its present spot, across from an old turnpike tollhouse, and today it’s part of the Tollgate Hill Inn.

In the east is Topsmead (1), now Topsmead State Forest, more than 600 acres around a hilltop estate. Henry Sabin Chase of the Chase Brass and Copper Company bought the summit in 1916, and his daughter, Edith Morton Chase, built a Tudor Revival house there in the 1920s and left it all to the state in 1972. Mattatuck State Forest (6) reaches into the east of town.

Northfield

In the southeast is the village of Northfield, home of the Northfield Knife Company, which was founded in 1858 and became one of the country’s leading knife makers. The Gilbert Library (2), at 38 Main Street, was founded by the estate of William L. Gilbert, a Northfield native and one of the foremost Connecticut clockmakers of the 1800s. The J. Howard Catlin House (10), a Carpenter Gothic house built about 1879 for one of the knife company’s owners, was listed on the National Register, but it was later taken down, and the Northfield Fire Station was built on its site in 2008. The guide also lists the Carpenter and Barbara Chase Library (32).

This map of Litchfield makes a handsome addition to a living room, office, library or den, and it can even help teach children the geography and history of the town. It’s a thoughtful gift for anyone who calls Litchfield home, grew up here, or moved away. Created by KNOWOL in 2026, it’s printed on museum quality archival paper in three sizes. Zoom in on the preview above to explore the details, then click here to get your copy of the Litchfield map.

Sources

• Litchfield, ConnecticutHistory.org
• Litchfield, Connecticut, Wikipedia
• Litchfield Historic District, Wikipedia
• First Congregational Church of Litchfield, Wikipedia
• Litchfield Law School, Wikipedia
• Oliver Wolcott House, Wikipedia
• White Memorial Conservation Center, Wikipedia
• Bantam Lake, Wikipedia
• Henry B. Bissell House, Wikipedia
• Mount Tom State Park, Wikipedia
• Milton Center Historic District, Wikipedia
• David Welch House, Wikipedia
• Forman School, Wikipedia
• Captain William Bull Tavern, Wikipedia
• Topsmead State Forest, Wikipedia
• Northfield, Connecticut, Wikipedia
• J. Howard Catlin House, Wikipedia