Springfield is an
unincorporated community
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in west
Jim Wells County
Jim Wells County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, its population was 38,891. The county was founded in 1911 and is named for James B. Wells, Jr. (1850-1923), for t ...
in the
U.S.
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state of
Texas
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. It is located between the cities of
San Diego
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and
Alice south of
Highway 44.
History
Springfield is at Farm Roads 625 and 3087, about three miles southeast of San Diego and seven miles northwest of Alice in west central Jim Wells County. The community was established when the
Texas Mexican Railway
The Texas Mexican Railway was a railroad that operated as a subsidiary of the Kansas City Southern Railway in Texas. It is often referred to as the Tex-Mex, or TexMex Railway.
On January 1, 2005, Kansas City Southern took control of the Texas ...
built across the county in the early 1880s. A post office was established at Springfield in 1909, and in 1910 the community's population was estimated at about 100, though by 1914 the number of residents had decreased to eight. The post office closed in 1918. A county highway map made in the 1930s showed Springfield with a school and scattered dwellings. During the late 1980s it was a dispersed rural community.
External links
{{JimWellsCountyTX-geo-stub
Unincorporated communities in Jim Wells County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas