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History · Springfield

Springfield’s post office opened in 1840, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Springfield Congregational Church.

1840first post office
1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Springfield began

When was Springfield founded?

1840

The Springfield post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Wright's Mills (1833) and South Springfield (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 293186 years
Founding year: the first Springfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Springfield

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Springfield Congregational Church
Springfield Congregational Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gothic Revival1
All 1 listings
Springfield Congregational ChurchBuilding · listed 1978

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Springfield’s post office has been open since 1840. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Wright's Mills
1833–1840
Springfield
1840–today
South Springfield
1891–1908
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Drake PlaceSouth Springfield

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Carroll plantationIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLee2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWebster plantationIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLakevilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Springfield’s history

What year was Springfield founded?

The Springfield post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Springfield?

One place: the Springfield Congregational Church (listed 1978).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.