Springfield is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) comprising the downtown area of Springfield Township, Union County,

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is bordered by

Interstate 78 Interstate 78 (I-78) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Northeastern United States, running from I-81 northeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, through Allentown to western and northern New Jersey and terminating at the Holland Tunn ...

to the north, state route 577 and Meisel Avenue to the east, Cottage Lane to the south, Milltown Road, South Springfield Avenue, and Shunpike Road to the southwest, and Mountain Avenue, Caldwell Place, and Morris Avenue to the west. Morris Avenue is the main street through the downtown, leading southeast as

New Jersey Route 82 Route 82 is a short, state highway in Union County of the US state of New Jersey. It runs southeast from an intersection with Route 124 in Springfield Township along Morris Avenue to Route 439 in the Elizabeth general area. Along the route, ...

, to

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, and northwest as Route 124, to the

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city limits.

Demographics

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Census-designated places in Union County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey {{UnionCountyNJ-geo-stub