The story
Read it all →How Springfield Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Springfield Township.
The Frehn Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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History · Springfield Township
29% of Springfield Township’s homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Frehn Bridge. Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 2000.
1on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Springfield Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Springfield Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Springfield Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Maddensville
Meadow Gap
Selea
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MaddensvilleMeadow GapSelea
Gone or out of use
Pleasant Bank Schoolschool
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Springfield Township
Baker FamilyBaptist ChurchBooth FamilyCromwell ChurchDuffey FamilyLockeMaddensvilleRamsey FamilyWalnut Grove ChurchWible
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Springfield Township, 1849 to 1963
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1849Post officeThe Maddensville post office opens
- 1856Post officeThe Meadow Gap post office opens
- 1884Post officeThe Selea post office opens
- 20th century
- 1913Post officeThe Meadow Gap post office closes
- 1914Post officeThe Selea post office closes
- 1939
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1963Post officeThe Maddensville post office closes
By decade
Springfield Township, decade by decade
2021
2008On the map
Springfield Township on the map, 1939 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Springfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1939Orbisonia sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Springfield Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Springfield Township
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
1990
Frehn Bridge
Structures
Architectural styles listings
Pratt Through Truss Bridge1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Springfield Township, census by census
Between 612 and 694 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Springfield Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Springfield Township
Nobody well known was born in Springfield Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Springfield Township’s history
What is on the National Register in Springfield Township?
One place: the Frehn Bridge (listed 1990).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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 Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.