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Welcome to Springfield ...Springfield is located Springfield is located in Limestone County<1>. The location of Springfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Springfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847. When the people of Springfield refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Springfielder<3> Springfield is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Springfield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Springfield: (254) While we believe that this Springfield is located in Limestone County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Springfield. Those communities are located in the following counties: Anderson and Jim Wells County. Beyond Texas, 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, 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), Vermont, Virginia (8), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Springfield. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Springfield. 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. See our Newspapers Page 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. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Springfield, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Springfield. 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 for Springfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Springfield in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
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