Springfield is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 count ...

(CDP) in northwestern Hampshire County in the

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. As of the 2010 census, Springfield had a population of 477. Springfield is located north of Romney along

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at its junction with Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) and Springfield Pike (West Virginia Secondary Route 3). It is currently considering incorporation.

History

Established on December 16, 1790, at the "Cross Roads" of Hampshire County on the property of William and Samuel Abernethy by an act of the Virginia General Assembly, Springfield was named in commemoration of the Battle of Springfield (1780).

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of ...

first visited the Springfield area in 1748 as a member of a party that surveyed the land holdings of

Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (22 October 16939 December 1781), was a Scottish peer. He was the son of Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, and Catherine Colepeper, daughter of Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper. The ...

in the

South Branch Potomac River The South Branch Potomac River has its headwaters in northwestern Highland County, Virginia near Hightown along the eastern edge of the Allegheny Front. After a river distance of ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolu ...

Valley. In June 1861, the town organized a company of men known as the "Potomac Guards" in support of the Confederacy. The company was under the command of Captain Philip T. Grace. On August 23, 1861, Springfield played host to an

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

skirmish between the Unionists and the Confederates.

Historic Sites

Today, Springfield is the site of a number of historic private residences dating from the 18th and 19th Centuries. * 63 Springfield Pike (1860), Springfield Pike (CR 3) * Ridgedale (George W. Washington Farm), Washington Bottom Road (CR 28/3) * Frenchwood, Route 28 South and Market Street ** The house is currently being restored. Captain John W. Shouse supposedly built the circa 1855 brick house. * Springfield United Methodist Church, Vine Street

Churches

Assembly of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...

** Community Bible Assembly of God Church, Poland Road (CR 28/2) ** Springfield Assembly of God Church, WV Route 28 *

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...

** Springfield United Methodist Church, Vine Street *

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

** Emmanuel House of Prayer, WV Route 28 *

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

** Springfield Presbyterian Church, Market Street (WV Route 28)

References

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External links

Milleson's Walnut Grove Campground
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