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It's been said (by Bruce Townley, among others) that every state in the USA has a Springfield. This isn't true; 35 states have a Springfield or a close cousin; but the following states are Springfield-deficient: Alaska,
Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota*,
Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. (Data from searches on MapQuest) To make up for this deficit, some states have more than one Springfield; the number if more than one is shown in parentheses in the map links below. When I created this page, many years ago now, MapQuest listed 52 Springfields, five West Springfields, four East Springfields, four North Springfields, one South Springfield, one Springfield Crossroads, one Springfield Plantation, and one Springfield Gardens (not too far from me in Long Island, New York). However, a recent general search at Mapquest revealed only a small number of Springfields, which seems rather strange. Accordingly, the numbers listed below may not agree with the current mapping data. As of 2020, the US Postal Service list of the most common city and post office names within the Unites States includes 34 Springfields. If you live in Springfield and would like to send a postcard to be featured on this page, please email me.
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This map of the most efficient route between every Springfield in the United States is reproduced here by kind permission of Reddit user GreenMobius, who created it in 2019.
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for a map of Springfield
View from So. Hill, Springfield, Colo (1940s)
(Springfield Crossroads)
FL: Florida (2)
Beautiful Springfield, The Waterworks, Jacksonville, Fla.
Residence
Section
Beautiful Springfield, Jacksonville
GA: Georgia (3)
Effingham Co. Court House, Springfield, GA
L.L. Cook Co. Milwaukee
ID: Idaho (2)
Greetings from Springfield
Postmarked 1909
Springfield, Ill., From Dome of Capitol Building
Greetings from Springfield ILL.
Main Street, Springfield, KY (1908)
Main Street, Springfield, KY (mailed 1937)
The Maine House and Dining Room -
The Bay
View House and Cabins, Springfield, Maine (c. 1941)
Springfield
The Metropolis of Western Massachusetts
Photo by Herb Wells
Postcard mailed by Joe Berman, 18 Sep 2010
Air View of Springfield, Mass.
Birdseye
view of Hampden County Bridge
over Connecticut River, Springfield, Mass.
Central High School, Springfield, Mass.
Built in 1898, the building is now condominiums.
Postcard courtesy of René Rondeau, who attended Central High.
Birds Eye View Springfield Minn. (c. 1910)
Greetings from Springfield, Minn. (c. 1910)
(Springfield Plantation)
| SPRINGFIELD,
MISSOURI "Queen City of the Ozarks" Springfield is the business and cultural center of the southern Missouri Ozarks. The City has grown from a village of 300 in 1840 to almost one quarter million people, the third largest in the state. Five colleges and universities, six hospitals enhance community life. Recreational areas of the Ozarks are nearby; such as Silver Dollar City; Shepherd of the Hills Homestead, Table Rock Lake, Stockton Lake, Lake Taneycomo, and many more. The University Plaza area and Southwest Missouri State University are visible in this aerial photo. Postcard MO-846, photo by James Blank. Postcard mailed by Joe Berman, 11 Dec 2003 |
Rock Village
Court, Springfield Missouri
N.E. Corner City - Jct U.S. Highways 66 And 166 At 65
West Springfield, N.H.
NJ: New Jersey (2)
Morris Ave, Springfield N.J. (Union County)
Main St. Springfield Ctr. N.Y.
Springfield, Ohio. Main Street looking West (1908)
The city of Springfield is surrounded by Springfield Township.
Ohio has another Springfield Township near Akron,
founded in 1795 and still another near Cincinnati.
Springfield, Oregon [detail]
Springfield, Oregon
PA: Pennsylvania (2)
M.E. Church. West Springfield, PA.
Note: This is not near either of the Springfields in Pennsylvania
[1909]
Scene near Springfield, S. Dak. [1915]
North Main Street, Springfield, Tenn. (1913)
Court House, Springfield, Tenn
Main St. Looking North, Springfield VT (1955)
Main St. South, Springfield VT
Springfield, W.VA. (1909)
Hotel at Springfield, Wis. (1910)
Sadly, the original Guide to Springfield site
at mapofspringfield.com is defunct (the link is to the 2004 version of the site at archive.org), but an interactive version is now on line elsewhere.
Springfield Subway Map
Courtesy of Simpsons Wiki under CC-SA license