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Litchfield County is a county located in northwestern Connecticut of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 189,927.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/09/09005.html )〕 The county was named after Lichfield, in England. Litchfield County has the lowest population density of any county in Connecticut and is geographically the state's largest county. Litchfield County comprises the Torrington, CT Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. As is the case with all eight counties in Connecticut, there is no county government; there is no county seat: in Connecticut, each town is responsible for all local services such as schools, snow removal, sewers, fire department and police departments. However, in some cases in rural areas, adjoining towns may agree to jointly provide services or even establish a joint school system. ==History== Litchfield County was created on October 9, 1751, by an act of the Connecticut General Court from land belonging to Fairfield, New Haven, and Hartford counties. The act establishing the county states: :That the townships of Litchfield, Woodbury, New Milford, :Harwinton, New Hartford, Barkhempstead, Hartland, Colebrook, :Norfolk, Canaan, Salisbury, Kent, Sharon, Cornwall, Goshen, :Torrington, and Winchester, lying in the northwesterly part :of this Colony, shall be and remain one entire county,and be :called the County of Litchfield, and shall have and exercise :the same powers, and authorities, and be subject :to the same regulations, as the other counties in this Colony :by law have and are subject unto. The bounds of which :county shall extend north to the Colony line, and west to the :Colony line till it meets with the township of New Fairfield, :and to include the towns abovementioned.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CCR: Volume 10, Page 56 ) 〕 Between 1780 and 1807, several new towns were created at the boundaries between Litchfield County and other counties in Connecticut. The town of Watertown was established in 1780 from Waterbury and was placed under Litchfield County jurisdiction. The establishment of the town of Brookfield from part of New Milford in 1788 resulted in Litchfield County losing territory to Fairfield County. In 1796, the town of Hartland was transferred to Hartford County. In 1798, the town of Oxford was established from part of Southbury causing Litchfield County to lose territory to New Haven County. In 1807, the town of Southbury was transferred to New Haven County. The final boundary change occurred on October 8, 1807, when the town of Middlebury was established from part of Woodbury.〔(Newberry Library -- Connecticut Atlas of Historical County Boundaries )〕 In 1862, during the Civil War, Litchfield County raised the 2nd Connecticut Regiment of Volunteers Heavy Artillery. This regiment, originally the 19th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, served in the defense of Washington, D.C. from September 1862 to March 1864, at which time it was transferred to the Army of the Potomac. On June 1, 1864, the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery fought as infantry (as it continued to do through the war) in the Battle of Cold Harbor, experiencing the heaviest proportionate losses of any Connecticut regiment in the Civil War. The regiment remained active to the end of the war, and its final mustering out September 5, 1865.〔(2d Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment - Unit History ). The2dconn.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Litchfield County, Connecticut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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