Litchfield is a town in and former county seat of Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, and is known as an affluent summer resort. The population was 8,316 at the 2000 census. The boroughs of Bantam and Litchfield are located within the town. There are also two unincorporated villages: Northfield and Milton.
Famous residents of the town include Ethan Allen , Andrew Adams, Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uriel Holmes, Phineas Miner, Samuel S. Phelps, Oliver Wolcott, Sr., Admiral Charles B. McVay III, and Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
