4 famous people call Springtown their birthplace
Articles in 3 languages make the American baseball player Joe Hutcheson the best known. The next two names are Ona Dodd and Willard Dewveall. Births span 1870 to 1936, from J. C. Graham to Willard Dewveall. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.4 on the list, well above the typical Texas town’s 0.7.

Born in Springtown
Joe Hutcheson, Ona Dodd and Willard Dewveall are written about in 3, 2 and 2 languages.
#3When Springtown’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Springtown is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Springtown
1 more, best known first.
Who’s the most famous person from Springtown?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Springtown’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Springtown and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (1)
- Willard Dewveall: Jay Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons