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Springfield
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English
thumb|Springfield, the capital of Illinois
Etymology
en :af spring field + 1
Pronunciation
en En-au-Springfield.ogg AU
Proper noun
A number of places in the United Kingdom:
en suburb in par/Campbell Park city:Pref/Milton Keynes co/Buckinghamshire cc/England OS grid ref SP8638. List of United Kingdom locations: Sow-Stao#Sp
en civil parish/and/suburb in bor/Chelmsford county/Essex cc/England OS grid ref TL7208. Parish map (Essex)
en suburb x/Wigan co/Greater Manchester cc/England OS grid ref SD5706.
en southern suburb city/Birmingham co/West Midlands cc/England OS grid ref SP0981.
en suburb x/Rowley Regis metbor/Sandwell co/West Midlands OS grid ref SO9688.
en suburb city/Wolverhampton co/West Midlands OS grid ref SO9299.
en village next to x/Gretna Green carea/Dumfries and Galloway cc/Scotland OS grid ref NY3268.
en village carea/Fife cc/Scotland OS grid ref NO3411.
en small settlement in the x/Black Isle carea/Highland cc/Scotland OS grid ref NH6663.
en suburb x/Pontllanfraith cobor/Caerphilly cc/Wales OS grid ref ST1895.
en number of places c/USA:
en CDP co/Conway County s/Arkansas.
en ucomm co/Tuolumne County s/California.
en town/county seat co/Baca County s/Colorado ; named after the city in Missouri.
en city co/Bay County s/Florida.
en neighborhood city/Jacksonville s/Florida.
en city/county seat co/Effingham County s/Georgia.
en The <<capital city>> of <<s/Illinois>>, <<c/USA>> and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Sangamon County>> ; named after the city in Massachusetts. TopoZone: Springfield, Illinois
en unincorporated community co/LaPorte County s/Indiana.
en unincorporated community co/Posey County s/Indiana.
en city/county seat co/Washington County s/Kentucky ; named for nearby springs.
en town co/Livingston Parish s/Louisiana ; named for nearby springs.
en town co/Penobscot County s/Maine. TopoZone: Springfield, Maine
en city/county seat co/Hampden County s/Massachusetts ; named after the parish in Essex. TopoZone: Springfield, Massachusetts
en city co/Calhoun County s/Michigan.
en twp co/Oakland County s/Michigan.
en city co/Brown County s/Minnesota ; named either after the city in Massachusetts or for nearby springs.
en city/county seat co/Greene County s/Missouri ; named after the city in Massachusetts.
en Kathryn Skopec A whites-only community could be coming to Springfield area Ozarks First https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/whites-only-group-springfield-expansion/ 2025-07-22 Eric Orwoll, co-founder of Return to the Land (RTTL), told Ozarks First a group of people are considering developing an RTTL community near Springfield. https://web.archive.org/web/20250726171706/https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/whites-only-group-springfield-expansion/
en city co/Sarpy County s/Nebraska ; named for nearby springs.
en town co/Sullivan County s/New Hampshire.
en township co/Burlington County s/New Jersey ; named for nearby springs.
en twp/and/CDP therein, in co/Union County s/New Jersey ; named for nearby springs. Topozone: Springfield, Union Co., New Jersey
en town co/Otsego County s/New York.
en city s/North Dakota ; named for nearby springs.
en city/county seat co/Clark County s/Ohio ; named after the city in Massachusetts.
Huo Jingnan; Jasmine Garsd JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets https://www.npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-s1-5107320/jd-vance-springfield-ohio-haitians-pets 2024-09-10 The paper said the unsubstantiated claim seems to have started with a post in a Springfield Facebook group that was widely shared across social media. https://web.archive.org/web/20241227114224/https://www.npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-s1-5107320/jd-vance-springfield-ohio-haitians-pets
en city co/Lane County s/Oregon ; named for nearby springs.
en Chris Lehman Eugene and Springfield both announce end of Flock camera usage w:Oregon Public Broadcasting https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/06/eugene-springfield-end-flock-cameras/ 2025-12-06 The cities of Eugene and Springfield announced Friday evening that they would discontinue the use of AI-powered license plate cameras connected to the company called Flock Safety. https://web.archive.org/web/20260216011101/https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/06/eugene-springfield-end-flock-cameras/
en town co/Orangeburg County s/South Carolina.
en city co/Bon Homme County s/South Dakota.
en city/county seat co/Robertson County s/Tennessee.
en ucomm co/Jim Wells County s/Texas.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Windsor County s/Vermont. TopoZone: Springfield, Vermont
en CDP co/Fairfax County s/Virginia. TopoZone: Springfield, Fairfax Co., Virginia
en ucomm co/Albemarle County s/Virginia.
en ucomm co/Page County s/Virginia.
en ucomm co/Westmoreland County s/Virginia.
en CDP co/Hampshire County s/West Virginia ; named for the Battle of Springfield (1780), which took place in the township of Union County, New Jersey.
en town co/Dane County s/Wisconsin.
en town county/Jackson County s/Wisconsin.
en town county/Marquette County s/Wisconsin.
en town county/St. Croix County s/Wisconsin.
en ucomm town:pref/Lyons co/Walworth County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of other <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Springfield Township.
en village terr/U.S. Virgin Islands.
en Places in <<c/Canada>>:
en parish county/Kings County p/New Brunswick ; named after either the township in Burlington County, New Jersey, or the city in Massachusetts.
en rurmun in south-east p/Manitoba the Rural Municipality of Springfield.
en community county/Annapolis County p/Nova Scotia.
en number of places c/Australia:
en town carea/Snowy Monaro s/New South Wales.
en suburb city/Central Coast s/New South Wales.
en suburb city/Ipswich s/Queensland.
en suburb city/Adelaide s/South Australia.
en locality carea/Dorset and the city:Pref/Launceston north eastern s/Tasmania c/Australia.
en locality shire:Pref/Buloke s/Victoria.
en town shire:Pref/Macedon Ranges s/Victoria.
en A Mennonite <<village>> in <<c/Belize>>.
en suburb city/Johannesburg c/South Africa.
en village r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en habitational Old English.
en colloquial The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Derived terms
en North Springfield Springfielder Springfield Gardens Springfieldian Springfieldite South Springfield West Springfield
Translations
Any of several towns
Arabic: ar سْبْرِينْغْفِيلْد, ar سْبْرِينْجْفِيلْد sbrīngfīld
Armenian: hy Սփրինգֆիլդ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 斯普林菲爾德 Sīpǔlínfēi‘ěrdé, cmn 春田
Danish: da Springfield
German: de Springfield
Hebrew: he ספרינגפילד springfild
Latin: la Campifons m
Polish: pl Springfield n
Russian: ru Спри́нгфилд m
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