Litchfield, Illinois Location of Litchfield inside Illinois Location of Litchfield inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Litchfield, Illinois Website: The City of Litchfield, Illinois Litchfield is a town/city in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States.
It is positioned in south central Illinois, south of Springfield and northeast of Metro-East.
Litchfield, a founder. Litchfield was incorporated on May 6, 1896.
Litchfield is positioned at 39 10 36 N 89 39 13 W (39.176741, -89.653721). According to the 2010 census, Litchfield has a total region of 6.825 square miles (17.68 km2), of which 6.45 square miles (16.71 km2) (or 94.51%) is territory and 0.375 square miles (0.97 km2) (or 5.49%) is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,717, and the median income for a family was $34,139.
About 15.7% of families and 16.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 22.9% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over.
Route 66, generally known as Old Route 66, though the cafe itself claims it could possibly be the earliest .
The Ariston Cafe was established in 1924 in the town of Carlinville, Illinois, but was later moved to its present location.
Another landmark is Litchfield's Lake Lou Yaeger, positioned northeast of town..
The grand opening of the Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center was June 1, 2013.
The exhibition is positioned athwart from the Ariston Cafe at 334 North Historic Route 66.
The exhibition is owned by the Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center Association and is maintained mainly through donations.In 1934 The Belvidere Motel opened in Lichfield IL and is one of the earliest motels around Litchfield Municipal Airport is positioned two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central company precinct of Litchfield.
Litchfield is served by Interstate 55 and Illinois Route 16.
Two Class 1 barns lines (Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Norfolk Southern) cross at the south edge of Litchfield after running alongside through town from north to south.
Paul Martin Pearson, author, professor, governor of Virgin Islands, father of columnist Drew Pearson; born in Litchfield Ray Schalk, Hall of Fame catcher for Chicago White Sox; interval up in Litchfield a b "The City of Litchfield, Illinois".
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