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is a city in and the county seat of Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 6,562 at the 2000 census.
Litchfield is among the largest of a series of "whistle stop" towns built along a railway extending west from Minneapolis in the nineteenth century. U.S. Route 12 follows the rail route, which is still active.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12.1 km²), of which, 3.8 square miles (9.7 km²) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.4 km²) of it (19.66%) is water.
U.S. Route 12 and Minnesota State Highways 22 and 24 are three of the main routes in the city.