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Springfield is a common name and known, in part, for being a common place-name in the United States. A Springfield can be found in 34 different states—at least four in Wisconsin, and no fewer than nine Springfield Townships in Pennsylvania. On the other hand, database studies suggest that there are many more common place-names, including Fairway, Midway and Oak Grove; accounting for all the place-names in the United States is made difficult by database ambiguities, but the reality seems to be that the popularity of "Springfield" relative to other names is more legend than fact [1].

According to the television game show Greed, there are 121 towns/cities in the U.S. with the name Springfield.

The television show The Simpsons is set in a town generically named "Springfield", without indicating a state. Creator Matt Groening has indicated in interviews that he chose the name because of its ubiquity, and various attempts by fans to correlate the fictional Springfield to a real one have not been resolved.

Springfield was also the setting of the early 1950s radio and television program, Father Knows Best, as well as the '50s soap opera The Guiding Light, which continues today as the CBS soap opera Guiding Light.

Springfield, Massachusetts is the largest city by that name, and Springfield, Illinois the only state capital.

Some Discordians claim that there is actually only one city named Springfield, and that the various locations are actually hyperspatial links to this Universal Springfield. This is known as the Springfield Effect and is intended to be interpreted from a Discordian perspective.

Contents 1 Locations 1.1 United States 1.2 Elsewhere 1.3 Fictional 1.4 Other 2 See also 3 External links

Locations

United States

Incomplete

• Springfield, Arkansas
• Springfield, California
• Springfield, Colorado
• Springfield, Florida
• Springfield, Jacksonville, Florida
• Springfield, Georgia
• Springfield, Idaho
• Springfield, Illinois (the state capital)
• Springfield, Indiana
• Springfield, Kentucky
• Springfield, Louisiana
• Springfield, Maine
• Springfield, Maryland
• Springfield, Massachusetts
• Springfield, Michigan
• Springfield, Minnesota
• Springfield, Missouri
• Springfield, Nebraska
• Springfield, New Hampshire
• Springfield, New York
• Springfield, North Carolina
• Springfield, Ohio
• Springfield, Oregon
• Springfield, South Carolina
• Springfield, South Dakota
• Springfield, Tennessee
• Springfield, Texas
• Springfield, Vermont
• Springfield, Virginia
• Springfield, West Virginia
• Springfield, Wisconsin
  • Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin
  • Springfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin
  • Springfield, Marquette County, Wisconsin
  • Springfield, St. Croix County, Wisconsin
• Springfield Crossing, Delaware
• Springfield Plantation, Mississippi
• Springfield Township, Michigan
  • Springfield Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan
  • Springfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan
• Springfield Township, Minnesota
• Springfield Township, New Jersey
  • Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey
  • Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey
• Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
• Springfield Township, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield Township, York County, Pennsylvania

Elsewhere

• Springfield, Queensland, Australia
• Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
• Springfield, Ontario, Canada
• Springfield, Birmingham, England
• Springfield, Chelmsford, England
• Springfield, Maidstone, England
• Springfield, Clare, Ireland
• Springfield, Fermanagh, Ireland
• Springfield, South Island, New Zealand
• Springfield, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Springfield, Fife, Scotland
• Springfield, Highland, Scotland
• Springfield, Johannesburg, South Africa

Fictional

• Springfield from Guiding Light
• Springfield from The Simpsons
• Springfield from Father Knows Best
• Springfield from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, one-time headquarters of the Cobra terrorist organization

Other

• Springfield, an electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba

See also

• Springfield Armory
• Springfield Rifle
• USS Springfield
• Buffalo Springfield the folk-rock band
• Dusty Springfield the soul singer
• Rick Springfield the pop singer
• North Springfield - disambiguation page

External links

• Places Named: Springfield, a list of places in the United States named Springfield, with geographic coordinates and population figures
• Springfield, a listing of 52 Springfields and places with variant names, with MapQuest links.

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