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History · Springfield

Springfield’s post office opened in 1888, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Springfield High School.

1888first post office
1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Springfield began

When was Springfield founded?

1888

The Springfield post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 455138 years
Founding year: the first Springfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Springfield’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Springfield are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Springfield’s history is told.

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The story

How Springfield came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Springfield.

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The Springfield High School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Springfield, decade by decade

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Springfield South Carolina2021Springfield South CarolinaSpringfield High School2018Springfield High SchoolSCMap-doton-Springfield2004SCMap-doton-Springfield
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
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
2001
Springfield High School
Springfield High School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals1
Springfield High SchoolLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals

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

Questions about Springfield’s history

What year was Springfield founded?

The Springfield post office opened in 1888, 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 High School (listed 2001).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.