Springfield is an

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in Anderson County, in the

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. According to the

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, the community had a population of 30 in 2000. It is located within the

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micropolitan area.

History

Springfield was established around 1875. The settlement consisted of a church, only one business, a

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, and several scattered homes along the road in the 1930s. In 1985, it had only one business, a church, and many houses, and became a crossroads community. It had an estimated population of 20 residents from 1939 to 1990 and gained 10 residents in 2000.

Geography

Springfield stands at the juncture of an unnamed country road and

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, west of

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as well as northwest of

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in the northwestern portion of Anderson County.

Education

Springfield had its own school in the 1930s, which had 163 students enrolled in it during 1932. It then became part of the school in nearby

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in 1955. Today the community is served by the Cayuga Independent School District.

References

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