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Welcome to Springfield ...So far, we found very little information about Springfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Springfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Springfield - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Springfield, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Springfield , we believe that it would have been located within present day Linn County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Springfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870. When the people of Springfield referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Springfielder<3> If Springfield still existed, it would have been in the (913) area code. Communities Also Named Springfield ...While we believe that this Springfield is located in Linn County, we know of another 7 Kansas communities named Springfield. Those communities are located in the following counties: Anderson, Brown, Cherokee, Jefferson, Mitchell, Seward and Wabaunsee County. Beyond Kansas, there are 101 communities that are also named Springfield - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (10), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, 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. Adding Springfield to Our Gazetteer ...The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Springfield was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Springfield. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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