Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Springfield came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Springfield in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Springfield. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Springfield data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Shell Oil Road Map for Michigan (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Springfield is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Springfield. See our Misc Page for Springfield for more information.