The Springfield Township post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name. Six smaller post offices, Springfield (1819), Leona (1865) and Big Pond (1870), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,144207 years
How historic is Springfield Township?
B+
More historic than 70% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Springfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Springfield Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Springfield Township is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Springfield Township’s overall grade.
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Springfield Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
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.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Springfield Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Springfield Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,147 at the 2020 census. Children residing in the township are assigned to attend the Troy Area School District.
Its first post office opened in 1819. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,124 in 2010, 1,144 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Springfield Township, 1819 to 1904
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Springfield Township post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Springfield Township rank for history?
Springfield Township is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Springfield Township?
31% of Springfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.2 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1973.
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).
From 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.
