Litchfield Township is a township in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 808 at the 2000 census. The township includes most of the city of Litchfield, except for a small protrusion northeast into Forest City Township and another small one due east into Darwin Township.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township itself has a total area of 33.9 square miles (87.9 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 31.7 square miles (82.2 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km<sup>2</sup>) (6.48%) is water.
Litchfield Township is located in Township 119 North of the Arkansas Base Line and Range 31 West of the 5th Principal Meridian.
History
Litchfield Township was originally called Ness Township, for settler Ole Halvorson Ness, and under the latter name was organized in 1858. The present name, adopted circa 1869, is after its largest settlement, Litchfield.
Demographics
As of the census