Welcome to Springfield ...The town of Springfield is located in Baca County<1> and is the County Seat for Baca County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Springfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. The town was incorporated January 16, 1889. When the people of Springfield refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Springfielder<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Springfield has a population of 1,386 people<3> (see below for details). Springfield is 4,370 feet [1,332 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Springfield is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Springfield lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Springfield (for example, toward Manter (KS)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Springfield: 719 The ZIP code for Springfield: 81073<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Springfield had an population of 1,386 people. This is a decrease of 4.48% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 11.27% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Springfield had a population of 1,451 people (which is 38.11% of the total population of Baca County). This makes Springfield the county's most populous community. The population of Springfield represents 0.03% of the population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 125th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,451 people, the population of Springfield decreased 7.11% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,562 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Springfield. Communities Also Named Springfield ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 101 communities that are also named Springfield - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), California, Florida (2), Georgia (10), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (8), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick (3), New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (4), Nova Scotia (3), Ohio, Ontario (6), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (4), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Vermont, Virginia (8), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Springfield. Websites for Springfield ...Official Website: www.springfieldcolorado.com/ Communities near Springfield ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Springfield.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Springfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Springfield. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Springfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Springfield. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Springfield. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Springfield. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Springfield ...Looking for more information about Springfield? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Springfield, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Springfield. Adding Springfield to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Springfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Springfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Springfield. Footnotes ...
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