How Many Miles To Springfield Missouri

City in Missouri, United States

Springfield, Missouri
Urban center
Springfield at night in June 2022
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Nickname(s): The "Queen City of the Ozarks" "Birthplace of Route 66" "The 417"
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Coordinates: 37°12′55″N 93°17′54″W  /  37.21528°N 93.29833°West  / 37.21528; -93.29833 Coordinates: 37°12′55″N 93°17′54″Due west  /  37.21528°North 93.29833°W  / 37.21528; -93.29833 [1]
Country	Usa
State	Missouri
Counties	Greene, Christian
Founded	1834
Incorporated	1838
Authorities
• Type	Council–managing director
• Mayor	Ken McClure
Area [2]
• City	83.70 sq mi (216.78 kmii)
• Land	83.xi sq mi (215.26 km2)
• Water	0.59 sq mi (ane.52 kmtwo)
• Metro	3,021 sq mi (7,824 kmtwo)
Superlative [1]	1,299 ft (396 m)
Population (2020)
• Urban center	169,176
• Rank	Us: 152nd
• Density	2,035.49/sq mi (785.91/km2)
• Urban	282,651 (United states: 143rd)[3]
• Urban density	two,104.1/sq mi (812.iv/km2)
• Metro	475,432 (Usa: 117th)
Time zone	UTC−half-dozen (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Goose egg codes	65800-65899
Area lawmaking	417
FIPS code	29-70000
GNIS feature ID	0735864[1]
U.S. Routes
Interstates
Airport	Springfield-Branson National Airport
Website	world wide web.springfieldmo.gov

Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene Canton.^[4] The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census.^[5] It is the principal urban center of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 481,483 in 2021^[six] and includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, and Webster,^[vii] and is the fastest growing metropolitan surface area in the land of Missouri.^[8]

Springfield's nickname is "Queen City of the Ozarks" as well as "The 417" after the surface area lawmaking for the city. It is as well known as the "Birthplace of Route 66". It is home to several universities and colleges, including Missouri State University, Drury Academy, and Evangel University. The city is an important middle of education and medical intendance, with two of the largest hospitals in the surface area, CoxHealth and Mercy, employing over 20,000 people combined, and being the largest employers in the region.^[9] It has been chosen the "Buckle of the Bible Chugalug" due to its clan with evangelical Christianity.^{[10] [11]} The city and surrounding area have been growing more diverse over the decades. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, the population of Greene Canton grew past over 23,700 people, largely as a result of immigration.^[12]

The city sits on the Springfield Plateau of the Ozarks. Due to its proximity to the mountainous expanse, the city is known for its outdoor recreation activities. The city holds most 100 city parks^[13] and 140 miles (230 km) of outdoor bike trails.^[fourteen] The city is the headquarters for Bass Pro Shops, which is the number i tourist attraction in the country of Missouri,^[fifteen] and the adjoining Wonders of Wild fauna Museum & Aquarium is the world's largest wildlife allure.^[sixteen] Springfield is inside close altitude to Wilson'due south Creek National Battlefield and sits along the Trail of Tears, now a national celebrated trail.^[17]

History [edit]

The origin of the city's proper name is unclear, but the nigh common view is that it was named for Springfield, Massachusetts, by migrants from that area. One account holds that James Wilson, who lived in the and then unnamed urban center, offered complimentary whiskey to anyone who would vote for the name Springfield, after his hometown in Massachusetts.^[18]

The editor of the Springfield Limited, J. G. Newbill, said in the November 11, 1881, issue:

"It has been stated that this city got its name from the fact of a spring and field being near by but west of town. But such is not a correct version. When the authorized persons met and adopted the title of the "Future Swell" of the Southwest, several of the earliest settlers had handed in their favorite names, among whom was Kindred Rose, who presented the winning name, "Springfield," in honor of his old home town, Springfield, Tennessee."^[nineteen]

In 1883, historian R. I. Holcombe wrote:

"The town took its proper noun from the circumstance of there being a spring under the hill, on the creek, while on height of the hill, where the principal portion of the town lay, at that place was a field."^[nineteen]

Early settlement [edit]

The presence of the Native Americans in the expanse slowed the European-American settlement of the land.^[20] Long before the 1830s, the native Kickapoo and Osage, and the Lenape (Delaware) from the mid-Atlantic coast had settled in this general area. The Osage had been the dominant tribe for more a century in the larger region.

On the southeastern side of the city in 1812, nearly 500 Kickapoo Native Americans built a small village of well-nigh 100 wigwams. They abandoned the site in 1828. 10 miles southward of the site of Springfield, the Lenape had built a substantial abode of houses that borrowed elements of Anglo colonial style from the mid-Atlantic, where their people had migrated from.^[19]

The kickoff European-American settlers to the area were John Polk Campbell and his brother, who moved to the surface area in 1829 from Tennessee. Campbell chose the surface area because of the presence of a natural well that flowed into a modest stream. He staked his merits past etching his initials in a tree.^[20] Campbell was joined by settlers Thomas Finney, Samuel Weaver, and Joseph Miller. They cleared the land of trees to develop it for farms. A small general shop was soon opened.^[xix]

In 1833, the southern part of the state was named Greene County after Revolutionary State of war hero General Nathanael Greene.^[20] Campbell Township was one of the 7 original townships organized on March xi, 1833, when Greene County was much larger. An 1876 map shows it boundaries include all the sections in T29N and R21 and 22W. Information technology was bounded by Center Township on the w, Robberson, and Franklin Townships on the north, Taylor Township on the e, and Wilson and Clay Townships on the south.^[21] (Later, Campbell was split into Campbell No. ane Township and Campbell No. 2 Township,^{[22] [ circular reference ]} then into Due north Campbell No. 1 Township, North Campbell No. two Township, and N Campbell No. three Township.^{[23] [ circular reference ]})^[24]

The county seat of Springfield is located in Campbell Township due to the efforts of John Polk Campbell. The township is named afterwards John Polk Campbell, who donated the land for Springfield's public foursquare and platted the town site.^[25] He deeded 50 acres of land to the legislature for the creation of a county seat in 1835. Campbell laid out city streets and lots.^[26] The town was incorporated in 1838.^[27] In 1878, the town got its nickname the "Queen City of the Ozarks."^[20]

The Us government enforced Indian Removal during the 1830s, forcing land cessions in the Southeast and other areas, and relocating tribes to Indian Territory, which afterward adult every bit Oklahoma. During the 1838 relocation of Cherokee natives, the Trail of Tears passed through Springfield to the west, forth the Old Wire Route.^{[28] [29]}

Civil War [edit]

By 1861, Springfield's population had grown to approximately 2,000, and it had get an important commercial hub. In the belatedly 1850s, telegraph lines, previously only to St. Louis, reached Springfield. News from point further west was brought to Springfield overland and and so sent past telegraph to what was then called the New York Associated Press. At the start of the American Ceremonious War, Springfield was divided in its loyalty, as it had been settled past people from both the Northward and Due south, besides as by High german immigrants in the mid-19th century who tended to support the Marriage.

The Spousal relationship and Amalgamated armies both recognized the city's strategic importance and sought to control it. They fought the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August ten, 1861, a few miles southwest of boondocks.^[19] The boxing was a Amalgamated victory, and Nathaniel Lyon became the first Union General killed in Civil War. Union troops retreated to Lebanon to regroup. When they returned, they found that well-nigh of the Confederate army had withdrawn.^[29]

On October 25, 1861, Matrimony Major Charles Zagonyi led an attack against the remaining Confederates in the area, in a boxing known equally the First Boxing of Springfield, or Zagonyi'southward Charge. Zagonyi's men removed the Confederate flag from Springfield'southward public square and returned to camp. It was the only Union victory in southwestern Missouri in 1861.^[30] The increased military action in the area set the stage for the Battle of Pea Ridge in northern Arkansas in March 1862.^[29]

On January eight, 1863, Confederate forces under Full general John Southward. Marmaduke advanced to take command of Springfield and an urban fight ensued. But that evening, the Confederates withdrew. This became known equally the Second Battle of Springfield. Marmaduke sent a message to the Union forces request that the Confederate casualties have a proper burial. The urban center remained nether Spousal relationship control for the remainder of the war.^[29] The US army used Springfield as a supply base of operations and central point of operation for military activities in the area.^[xix]

Promptly after the Ceremonious State of war concluded on July 21, 1865, Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in a shootout over a disagreement near a debt Tutt claimed Hickok owed him. During a poker game at the erstwhile Lyon House Hotel, in response to the disagreement over the amount, Tutt had taken Hickok'southward scout, which Hickok demanded he render immediately. Hickok warned that Tutt had ameliorate non be seen wearing that watch, then spotted him wearing information technology in Park Central Foursquare, prompting the gunfight.

On January 25, 1866, Hickok was still in Springfield when he witnessed a Springfield police officer, John Orr, shoot and impale James Coleman later on Coleman interfered with the abort of Coleman's friend Bingham, who was drunkard and disorderly. Hickok provided testimony in the case. Orr was arrested, released on bail, and immediately fled the state. He was never brought to trial or heard from again.^[31]

Race relations [edit]

Lynchings [edit]

From the catamenia after Reconstruction into the early 20th century, lynchings of freedmen and their descendants occurred in some cities and counties in Missouri, especially in sometime slaveholding areas.

On April 14, 1906, a white mob broke into the Springfield county jail, and lynched two black men, Horace Duncan and Fred Coker, for allegedly sexually assaulting Mina Edwards, a white woman. Subsequently they returned to the jail, where other African-American prisoners were being held, and pulled out Will Allen, who had been accused of murdering a white homo. All three suspects were hanged from the Gottfried Tower, which held a replica of the Statue of Freedom, and burned in the courthouse square by a mob of more than ii,000 citizens. Estimate Azariah W. Lincoln called for a thou jury, but no i was prosecuted. The proceedings were covered by national newspapers, the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.^[32]

Duncan's and Coker's employer testified that they were at his business organization at the fourth dimension of the criminal offense against Edwards, and other prove suggested that they and Allen were all innocent.^{[32] [33]} These three are the but recorded lynchings in Greene County.^[34] But the extrajudicial murders were part of a pattern of bigotry, repeated violence and intimidation of African Americans in this city and southwest Missouri from 1894 to 1909, in an attempt to miscarry them from the region.^[35] Whites in Lawrence Canton too lynched three African-American men in this period.^[34] After the mass lynching in Springfield, many African Americans left the expanse in a large exodus.^[35]

A historic plaque on the southeast corner of the Springfield courthouse square commemorates Duncan, Coker, and Allen, the 3 victims of mob violence.^{[32] [36]}

Land music [edit]

Four nationally broadcast television series originated from the city between 1955 and 1961: Ozark Jubilee and its spin-off, 5 Star Jubilee; Talent Varieties; and The Eddy Arnold Prove. All were carried alive by ABC except for Five Star Jubilee on NBC and were produced by Springfield'south Crossroads Tv Productions, endemic by Ralph D. Foster. Many of the biggest names in country music frequently visited or lived in Springfield at the time. City officials estimated the programs meant about 2,000 weekly visitors and "over $1,000,000 in fresh income."^[37]

Staged at the Jewell Theatre (demolished in 1961), Ozark Jubilee was the first national country music Tv show to feature top stars and concenter a significant viewership. 5 Star Jubilee, produced from the Landers Theatre, was the first network colour idiot box series to originate outside of New York City or Hollywood.^[38] Ironically, Springfield's NBC affiliate, KYTV-Television receiver (which helped produce the program), was not equipped to broadcast in colour and aired the show in black-and-white.

The ABC, NBC and Mutual radio networks as well all carried state music shows nationally from Springfield during the decade, including KWTO'S Korn'southward-A-Krackin' (Mutual).

The Ozark Hillbilly Medallion [edit]

The Springfield Sleeping room of Commerce once presented visiting dignitaries with an "Ozark Hillbilly Medallion" and a document proclaiming the honoree a "hillbilly of the Ozarks". On June seven, 1953, U.Southward. President Harry Truman received the medallion later on a breakfast speech (Archived June seven, 2011, at the Wayback Machine) at the Shrine Mosque for a reunion of the 35th Division. Other recipients included US Army generals Omar Bradley and Matthew Ridgway, United states Representative Dewey Brusk, J. C. Penney, Johnny Olson, Ralph Story and disc jockey Nelson King.^{[39] [40]}

Geography [edit]

Satellite view of Springfield

Springfield is on the Springfield Plateau of the Ozarks region of southwest Missouri. According to the United States Demography Bureau, the urban center has a total area of 82.31 square miles (213.2 square kilometres), of which 81.72 square miles (211.seven square kilometres) is land and 0.59 square miles (1.five foursquare kilometres) (0.7%) is water.^[41]

The city of Springfield is mainly flat with rolling hills and cliffs surrounding its south, east, and due north sections. Springfield is on the Springfield Plateau, which reaches from Northwest Arkansas to Key Missouri. Most of the plateau is characterized by wood, pastures and shrub-scrub habitats.^[42] Many streams and tributaries, such as the James River, Galloway Creek and Jordan Creek, menstruation within or near the metropolis. Nearby lakes include Table Rock Lake, Stockton Lake, McDaniel Lake, Fellows Lake, Lake Springfield, and Pomme de Terre Lake. Springfield is near the population centre of the United states, about 80 miles (130 km) to the east.

Climate [edit]

Lightning over downtown Springfield

Springfield has an average surface wind velocity comparable to Chicago'due south, according to information compiled at the National Climatic Data Center at NOAA.^[43] It is placed within "Power Course 3" in the Wind Free energy Resource Atlas published by a branch of the U.S. Department of Energy; having an average wind speed range of 6.4 to 7.0 miles per hr.^[44]

Springfield lies in the northern limits of a humid subtropical climate (Cfa), equally defined by the Köppen climate classification arrangement. As such, it experiences times of exceptional humidity; especially in late summer.^[45] The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 34.3 °F (i.iii °C) in January to 79.2 °F (26.ii °C) in July.^[46] On average, there are 40 days of xc °F (32 °C)+ highs, two days of 100 °F (38 °C)+ highs, 15 days where the loftier fails to ascension in a higher place freezing, and 1.3 nights of lows at or below 0 °F (−18 °C) per yr.^[46] Information technology has an average annual precipitation of 44.71 inches (1,140 mm), including an average xiii.70 inches (34.8 cm) of snow.^[46] Extremes in temperature range from −29 °F (−34 °C) on Feb 12, 1899 up to 113 °F (45 °C) on July 14, 1954.^[46]

According to a 2007 story in Forbes mag's list of "America's Wildest Weather Cities" and the Weather Variety Index, Springfield is the city with the about varied weather in the U.s.a.. On May 1, 2013, Springfield reached a loftier temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit. By the evening of May two, snowfall was falling, persisting into the following twenty-four hours and eventually accumulating to near two inches.^{[47] [48]}

Climate information for Springfield–Branson National Airport, Missouri (1991−2020 normals,[a] extremes 1888−present[b])
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Twelvemonth
Record loftier °F (°C)	76 (24)	84 (29)	92 (33)	93 (34)	95 (35)	101 (38)	113 (45)	108 (42)	104 (40)	93 (34)	83 (28)	77 (25)	113 (45)
Mean maximum °F (°C)	67 (19)	72 (22)	79 (26)	83 (28)	87 (31)	93 (34)	97 (36)	98 (37)	93 (34)	85 (29)	75 (24)	67 (19)	99 (37)
Average high °F (°C)	44.three (6.8)	49.5 (9.vii)	58.ix (14.ix)	68.four (xx.ii)	76.3 (24.6)	85.2 (29.6)	89.6 (32.0)	89.1 (31.7)	81.iv (27.4)	69.9 (21.1)	57.3 (14.1)	47.0 (8.3)	68.ane (20.i)
Daily mean °F (°C)	34.iii (1.three)	38.seven (3.7)	47.half dozen (viii.seven)	57.0 (13.9)	66.0 (18.9)	74.ix (23.eight)	79.ii (26.2)	78.ii (25.7)	lxx.three (21.iii)	58.half dozen (14.8)	46.7 (8.2)	37.four (3.0)	57.4 (xiv.1)
Boilerplate depression °F (°C)	24.2 (−4.3)	28.0 (−ii.2)	36.2 (ii.3)	45.6 (vii.6)	55.6 (13.1)	64.6 (18.1)	68.8 (xx.iv)	67.three (nineteen.6)	59.1 (xv.1)	47.iii (8.five)	36.2 (2.three)	27.8 (−ii.iii)	46.7 (viii.2)
Hateful minimum °F (°C)	3 (−xvi)	8 (−13)	sixteen (−9)	28 (−2)	39 (iv)	52 (11)	58 (14)	56 (thirteen)	43 (6)	29 (−ii)	18 (−eight)	8 (−13)	−1 (−eighteen)
Record low °F (°C)	−19 (−28)	−29 (−34)	−8 (−22)	xvi (−nine)	29 (−2)	42 (6)	44 (7)	44 (seven)	30 (−ane)	xviii (−8)	four (−16)	−16 (−27)	−29 (−34)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	2.54 (65)	2.twoscore (61)	3.51 (89)	iv.71 (120)	5.56 (141)	iv.47 (114)	iii.85 (98)	3.59 (91)	4.31 (109)	3.lx (91)	3.56 (xc)	2.61 (66)	44.71 (i,136)
Boilerplate snow inches (cm)	4.iv (11)	3.3 (8.4)	2.0 (5.1)	0.1 (0.25)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.six (1.five)	3.three (8.4)	13.seven (35)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	8.i	seven.vii	10.7	x.8	12.four	10.two	8.eight	8.three	7.4	9.0	8.6	8.0	110.0
Boilerplate snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	iii.4	ii.5	one.ii	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.vii	ii.two	ten.two
Average relative humidity (%)	68.3	68.5	65.2	64.five	lxx.7	72.3	lxx.4	69.five	72.9	68.2	69.6	70.9	69.3
Mean monthly sunshine hours	167.vi	157.4	208.7	236.four	268.0	282.7	321.6	292.1	237.vi	217.3	155.1	145.9	2,690.4
Percent possible sunshine	54	52	56	60	61	64	72	70	64	62	51	49	60
Source: NOAA (relative humidity and sun 1961−1990)[49] [50] [51]

Demographics [edit]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1850	415		—
1860	ane,235		197.6%
1870	5,555		349.eight%
1880	6,522		17.iv%
1890	21,850		235.0%
1900	23,267		6.five%
1910	35,201		51.three%
1920	39,631		12.6%
1930	57,527		45.2%
1940	61,238		6.5%
1950	66,731		nine.0%
1960	95,865		43.7%
1970	120,096		25.iii%
1980	133,116		10.eight%
1990	140,494		5.v%
2000	151,580		7.nine%
2010	159,498		5.two%
2020	169,176		6.ane%
U.Due south. Decennial Census[52] 2018 Guess[53]

2020 census [edit]

As of the 2020 census,^[54] there were 169,176 people, lxxx,693 households, and 36,237 families residing in the urban center. The population density was 1,951.8 inhabitants per square mile (753.half dozen/km2). There were 77,620 housing units at an average density of 949.8 per square mile (366.seven/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 81% White, 79.four% Non-Hispanic White, five% African American, 0.8% Native American, 2.3% Asian, 0.two% Pacific Islander, 2.ii% from other races and 9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of whatever race were 6% of the population.

At that place were fourscore,693 households, of which 17.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 30% were married couples living together, nine.6% had a female householder with no spouse present, 5.two% had a male person householder with no wife nowadays, and 55.1% were non-families and 12.ii% had someone living alone who was 65 years of historic period or older. The average household size was one.94 and the average family size was ii.68. The median age in the metropolis was 33.6 years. 17.9% of residents were nether the age of eighteen; 19.1% were betwixt the ages of 18 and 24; 26.five% were from 25 to 44; 20.9% were from 45 to 64; and xv.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.6% male and 51.4% female.

2010 census [edit]

Equally of the 2010 demography,^[54] there were 159,498 people, 69,754 households, and 35,453 families residing in the metropolis. The population density was 1,951.8 inhabitants per square mile (753.half dozen/km²). In that location were 77,620 housing units at an average density of 949.8 per square mile (366.7/kmⁱⁱ). The racial makeup of the metropolis was 88.7% White, iv.1% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.two% Pacific Islander, one.two% from other races, and 3.two% from two or more than races. Hispanic or Latino of whatsoever race were 3.7% of the population.

There were 69,754 households, of which 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.4% were married couples living together, 11.viii% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 49.2% were non-families. 37.iii% of all households were fabricated upwards of individuals, and xi.8% had someone living lonely who was 65 years of age or older. The boilerplate household size was 2.13 and the average family size was two.81.

The median age in the urban center was 33.two years. 18.3% of residents were under the historic period of eighteen; 18.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 22.7% were from 45 to 64; and xiv.5% were 65 years of historic period or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.

2000 census [edit]

According to the 2000 United States Census,^[55] 151,580 people, 64,691 households, and 35,709 families resided in the city. The population density was 2,072.0 people per square mile (800.0/km²). In that location were 69,650 housing units at an average density of 952.1/mi² (367.6/km^two). The racial makeup of the metropolis was 91.69% White, three.27% African American, 0.75% Native American, ane.36% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.88% from other races, and 1.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of whatsoever race were 2.31% of the population.

In that location were 64,691 households, out of which 24.0% had children nether the age of 18 living with them, 40.vii% were married couples living together, 10.nine% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.8% were not-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living solitary who was 65 years of age or older. The boilerplate household size was two.17 and the boilerplate family size was two.82. In the city 19.9% were under the age of 18, 17.four% from xviii to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.ix% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,563, and the median income for a family unit was $38,114. Males had a median income of $27,778 versus $xx,980 for females. The per capita income for the metropolis was $17,711. Most nine.9% of families and 15.9% of the population were beneath the poverty line, including 19.1% of those nether historic period 18 and vii.9% of those age 65 or over.

Neighborhoods [edit]

Registered neighborhoods include^[56] Academy Heights, Bissett, Bradford Park, Doling, Grant Beach, Heart of the Westside, Midtown, Oak Grove, Parkcrest, Phelps Grove, Robberson, Rountree, Tom Watkins, Weller, West Central, Westside Community Betterment, and Woodland Heights.

Affiliated neighborhood groups unregistered with the metropolis include:^[56]

• Chesterfield Village
• Cinnamon On The Hill
• Cinnamon Square
• Coachlight
• Cooper Estates
• Fox Grape
• Kay Pointe
• Kingsbury Woods
• Lakewood Village
• Mission Hills
• National Identify
• Parkwest Village
• Parkwood Survival
• Quail Creek
• Ravenwood South
• Sherman Ave Projection Surface area
• Jump Creek

Economic system [edit]

Springfield'due south economy is based on health intendance, manufacturing, retail, education, and tourism.^[57] With a Gross Metropolitan Product of $xiii.66 billion in 2004 and $xviii.6 billion in 2016,^[58] the city'due south economy makes upwardly 6.7% of the Gross State Product of Missouri.^[59]

Total retail sales exceed $4.1 billion annually in Springfield and $5.viii billion in the Springfield MSA. Its largest shopping mall is Battlefield Mall. According to the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau, an estimated 3,000,000 overnight visitors and day-trippers annually visit the city. The city has more than 60 lodging facilities and half-dozen,000 hotel rooms. The Convention & Visitors Bureau spends more than than $ane,000,000 annually marketing the metropolis equally a travel destination.

Positronic, Bass Pro Shops, John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, BKD, Noble & Assembly, Prime number, Inc., Springfield ReManufacturing, Andy'due south Frozen Custard, and O'Reilly Auto Parts all accept their national headquarters in Springfield.^[threescore] In add-on, 2 major American Christian denominations — General Council of the Assemblies of God in the U.s. of America (one of the largest of the Pentecostal denominations) and Baptist Bible Fellowship International (a fundamentalist Baptist denomination) — are headquartered in the city.

Co-ordinate to the Springfield Surface area Sleeping accommodation of Commerce,^[61] the top 2019 employers in the metro area are:

#	Employer	Employees
1	CoxHealth	eleven,669
2	Mercy Health Arrangement	10,950
3	Wal-Mart	5,372
4	Springfield Public Schools	iv,100
five	State of Missouri	4,018
6	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Marine	iii,341
vii	United States Government	3,005
8	Missouri State Academy	2,874
9	Jack Henry & Associates	2,174
10	O'Reilly Auto Parts	ii,042
11	Citizens Memorial Healthcare	1,900
12	City of Springfield	1,655
xiii	Ozarks Technical Community College	1,554
14	EFCO	1,550
xv	SRC Holdings	i,435

Authorities [edit]

Springfield city vote
by party in presidential elections^[62]

Yr	Autonomous	Republican	Third Parties
2020	48.seventy% 34,777	48.lxxx% 34,871	2.l% 1,815
2016	40.xxx% 26,593	52.forty% 34,603	seven.20% four,780

Springfield'due south metropolis regime is based on the quango–manager organisation. By charter, the city has viii council members, each elected for a iv-year term on a nonpartisan footing, and a mayor elected for a ii-year term. Jason Gage, the Urban center Manager, appointed past the Council, serves as the principal executive and administrative officer for the Urban center and is responsible for directing the overall operations of the City of Springfield and for executing all policies and programs authorized past City Council.^[63] Anita Cotter, the Urban center Clerk, appointed by the quango to serve equally the Chief of Staff for Urban center Council Members and Custodian of Records, coordinates and responds to all Sunshine Requests and maintains official City records, including minutes, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, and other vital documents.^[64] The presiding officer at council meetings is the mayor. Council meetings are held every other Monday nighttime in Metropolis Quango Chambers. City Quango elections are held the first Tuesday in April.

Springfield Urban center Council^[65]

Office	Officer
Mayor	Ken McClure
General Seat A	Heather Hardinger
General Seat B	Craig Hosmer
General Seat C	Andrew Lear
Full general Seat D	Richard Ollis
Zone one	Monica Horton
Zone two	Abe McGull
Zone 3	Mike Schilling
Zone 4	Matthew Simpson

City Utilities of Springfield (CU) is a city-owned utility serving the Springfield expanse with electricity, natural gas, water, telecommunication and transit services. CU provides service to over 115,000 electric, 84,000 natural gas, and 83,000 water customers. ^[66]

Education [edit]

Springfield has several universities, colleges, and loftier schools with iii of the main higher learning institutions, Missouri Country, Drury, and OTC, are all located in and around downtown Springfield.

Universities [edit]

Ozarks Technical Community College

Founded in 1905 as the 4th District Normal School, Missouri Country University (MSU) is the state's second largest academy by enrollment, with over 23,000 students.^[67]

Drury University is a private university with over i,000 students^[68] Founded in 1873 by congregationalist, it was modelled afterward schools similar Yale and Harvard.^[69] Information technology is ranked as number 2 for all-time value schools and number 12 for best university in the Midwest according to U.s. News. ^[70]

Evangel University is from a 2013 consolidation of Primal Bible College and Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.

University extensions [edit]

Lindenwood University opened a Springfield extension from their College of Instruction and Homo Services.^[71]

University of Missouri has an extension focused on agriculture.^[72]

Branch campuses [edit]

University of Missouri opened a clinical campus in 2016 for their medical school to increase their class size.^[73]

Other branches include Mercy College of Nursing and Health Sciences of Southwest Baptist Academy,^[74] Everest College, Columbia College, Webster University, and University of Phoenix.

Colleges [edit]

Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) is the second largest college in the city of Springfield, having more than 11,000 students in attendance.^[75]

Other colleges in Springfield include Baptist Bible College, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and Cox College (Nursing and Centrolineal Health).

High schools [edit]

The Springfield Public Schoolhouse District is the largest district in the state of Missouri with an official fall 2011 enrollment of 24,366 students attending 50 schools.^[76] Public high schools include Central High Schoolhouse, Kickapoo High Schoolhouse, Hillcrest High School, Parkview Loftier School, and Glendale Loftier School.

Individual loftier schools include Springfield Sudbury Schoolhouse, Acme Preparatory School, Greenwood Laboratory School, New Covenant Academy, Springfield Catholic High Schoolhouse, Christian Schools of Springfield, and Grace Classical University.

Parks and recreation [edit]

The Springfield-Greene County Park Board manages three,200 acres and 103 sites,^[77] including the Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, which contains the celebrated Gray-Campbell Farmstead, Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden, Master Gardener sit-in gardens, Bill Roston Native Butterfly Firm, and Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center;^[78] the Rutledge-Wilson Subcontract Community Park; the Mediacom Ice Park; the Cooper Park and Sports Complex; Dickerson Park Zoo; and various other public parks, customs centers, and facilities.^[79]

The non-profit Ozark Greenways Inc. promotes trail recreation and local bicycling through the establishment of greenway trails, including a 35-mile crushed-gravel trail, the Frisco Highline Trail connecting Springfield to the town of Bolivar, and smaller trails connecting parks and sites of interest within the boondocks and county.^[fourscore]

The Missouri Department of Conservation operates the Springfield Nature Center and numerous nearby conservation areas.^[81]

The National Park Service operates the nearby Wilson'south Creek National Battlefield.^[82]

Springfield's metropolitan area is situated inside close distance of recreational lakes, waterways, caves, and forests, such as the James River, Busiek State Wood, Lake Springfield, Table Rock Lake, Buffalo National River, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Fellows Lake, and Fantastic Caverns.

Culture [edit]

Like many cities across the nation, Springfield has seen a resurgence in its downtown area. Many of the older buildings accept been, and are continuing to be, renovated into mixed-use buildings such as lofts, function space, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, boutiques, and music venues. The Downtown Springfield Customs Improvement Commune (CID) has celebrated theaters that have been restored to their original state, including the Gillioz Theatre and the Landers Theatre.

In 2001, Phase I of Hashemite kingdom of jordan Valley Park opened forth with the Mediacom Ice Park. Phase 2 of Jordan Valley Park was completed in 2012. 2001 as well saw the opening of The Creamery Arts Center, a metropolis-owned building inside Jordan Valley Park. It is home to the Springfield Regional Arts Council, Springfield Regional Opera, Springfield Ballet, and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and provides office and meeting space for other arts organizations which serve the community. The center has been renovated to include two art galleries with monthly exhibitions, an Arts Library, rehearsal studios, and classrooms offering art workshops and easily-on activities. The facilities as well include an outdoor classroom.

A March 2009 New York Times article^[83] described the history and clout of cashew craven in Springfield, where local variations of the popular Chinese dish are ubiquitous.

Cultural organizations [edit]

The Springfield Opera has operated in the city for nearly xl years. In its history, the opera has performed various well known shows, such as The Barber of Seville, La bohème and Carmen.

The Springfield Ballet was founded in 1978 every bit a not-for-profit to bring ballet to the region. The first functioning was held at the Springfield Art Museum in November 1976, and the first public performance in March 1977. The ballet currently performs at the Landers Theatre in downtown Springfield, and has performed with the Springfield Symphony for holiday programs.^[84]

The Springfield Little Theatre was founded in 1934 and purchased the Landers Theatre in 1970 for its permanent performance venue. The theatre is the oldest civic theatre in Missouri and one of the oldest in the Midwest, attended by threescore,000 people yearly. Its venue, the Landers, has been the setting for performances by actors such as Kathleen Turner, Tess Harper, and Lucas Grabeel.^[85]

The Springfield Symphony was founded in 1935 and is one of the oldest arts organizations in the urban center. The symphony was one of the founding members of the American Symphony Orchestra League, at present known equally the League of American Orchestras, the largest international trunk for symphonies and orchestras. The symphony performs monthly at Juanita K. Hammons Hall.^[86]

The Springfield Fine art Museum was started past a small-scale group of women, headed by Deborah D. Weisel. Within two years of its original founding as an art study gild, the museum had been formed and began showing travelling exhibitions from cities similar New York and Philadelphia. In 1948, the museum was handed into the command of the urban center.^[87] In 2018, a 30-yr plan was revealed with the intent of updating the museum to be comparable to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Northwest Arkansas, capitalizing on its key location in the city and adjacent park infinite.^[88]

In 1938, a Springfield flag was made official. Information technology resembled the flag of St. Louis (which was subsequently replaced by a new flag). In 2017, the Springfield Flag Move proposed a new flag for Springfield, arguing that the current flag is disconnected from mod Springfield civilization, equally it "doesn't speak to the unique history and identity of Springfield".^[89] On January 10, 2022, Springfield's city council voted 7–2 in favor of adopting the Springfield Flag Movement's proposed flag as the official city flag. The new flag was officially adopted by the metropolis on March 1, 2022.^[ninety]

Festivals and events [edit]

The Missouri Nutrient Truck Festival has been held in Springfield for several years and brings nutrient trucks from Springfield and surrounding states to be sampled for a single consequence. Similar almost local events, it includes live music and allows people to travel from one food truck to another to sample various specialties from various cuisines.^[91]

First Friday is a monthly event held in downtown Springfield that allows local artists to show off their works and encourages people to stroll the streets and art galleries to look at local works of fine art. The event is sponsored by the Springfield Regional Arts Council and has been a regular event in the city since 2001.^[92]

Park Central Foursquare, downtown Springfield, where multiple festivals take place yearly.

Cider Days is a two-twenty-four hour period issue held on Walnut Street downtown featuring local artists showing their crafts, fall themed activities and performances by local groups, as well every bit cider sampling. Arts Fest is held in May also on Walnut Street downtown, and features like art vendors showing crafts likewise every bit entertainment for children.^[93]

Recently, the city has started to host an annual Route 66 Festival downtown along Route 66 and in Park Central Square. A parade starts the event with a collection of dozens of vintage cars traveling forth the former highway. There are also live performances in Park Central Square as people move around St. Louis Street to observe classic cars and scan items from vendors selling artwork and literature about Route 66. The event besides holds a 6.vi kilometer run. The 2018 festival lasted two days and was attended by 56,000 people.^[94]

The Japanese Fall Festival usually takes place in September at the Springfield Botanical Gardens in Nathanael Greene Park. The event is put on by the Sister Cities Association and commemorates Japanese civilization, often involving visitors from Springfield'due south sister metropolis of Isesaki, offering Japanese tea, giving alive performances and selling traditional items like Bonsai and kimono dresses. Springfield in turns sends local groups to Isesaki's city festival each year.^[95]

Several vacation events take place in Springfield, including the yearly Downtown Christmas Parade showcasing local schools and businesses sponsoring floats. There'south likewise a yearly lighting of a Christmas tree at Park Central Square and the Festival of Lights in Jordan Valley Park. During Halloween, locals dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller on Commercial Street to a large audience.

Museums and points of interest [edit]

Sports [edit]

Springfield plays host to higher teams from Missouri State University (NCAA Division I), Drury University (NCAA Division II), and Evangel University (NAIA). Great Southern Depository financial institution Arena (chapters 11,000) opened in 2008 and is dwelling to the Missouri Land Bears and Lady Bears basketball teams, and the O'Reilly Family Consequence Center, which opened in 2010, is now domicile to the Drury Panthers men'southward and women's basketball teams.

The Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, have played at Hammons Field in downtown Springfield since their inaugural season in 2005 after the team moved from El Paso. There have been more than 100 Springfield Cardinals who accept gone on to play for St. Louis.^[96] Springfield has had small league teams dating back to 1905, and this metropolis has hosted various exposition games.

Springfield Rugby Football Social club (SRFC) was established in 1983 and is a well-known rugby order in the Midwestern United states of america. SRFC plays in Division 2 of the Frontier Region of the Western Briefing which runs teams for men, women and youth.^[97]

The PGA sponsored Cost Cutter Charity Championship is played at Highland Springs Land Club on the southeast side of Springfield every year. The event is sponsored by Dr Pepper. Since the event started in 1990, more than than $fourteen million has been raised for local children'due south charities.^[98]

Springfield has hosted diverse sporting events. Missouri State's campus in Springfield has hosted the Missouri Special Olympics several times. Springfield has also hosted the Evidence-Me Games and regularly hosts the Missouri Winter Games in the sports of racquetball, trap shooting, pond, volleyball and gymnastics.^[99] In 2019 and 2020, Springfield will the host of the NAIA Softball Championship Earth Series.^[100] Springfield has also been the host of the Missouri Valley Briefing baseball tournament, as well as finals for the Missouri Valley Conference in sports like tennis and volleyball.^[101] As a metropolis with a World TeamTennis team, Springfield has hosted final games at Cooper Tennis Complex.

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame is located in the city. Opening in 1994, the hall of fame contains over four chiliad sports related items and exhibits. Each year the hall inducts new members who have contributed to sports in the state of Missouri, including athletes, coaches, physical therapists, winning sports teams and Olympic athletes.^[102]

Get-go in 2003, Springfield was only one of 13 cities in the United States to be a part of the Us Olympic Committee'south Olympic Development Program.^[103] The goal of the plan was to develop starting time athletes into elite athletes, with Springfield's plan focusing on archery, hockey, lawn tennis and volleyball. Despite the finish of the Olympic program in all cities, the metropolis maintains the program as the Community Sports Development Program sponsored by the Springfield Greene County Park Board.^[104]

Lodge	League	Sport	Venue	Established	Championships
Springfield Cardinals	Texas League	Baseball	Hammons Field	2005	1
Springfield Lasers	WTT	Squad tennis	Cooper Lawn tennis Circuitous	1996	one
Demize NPSL	NPSL	Soccer	Cooper Stadium	2014	0

Transportation [edit]

Highways [edit]

Springfield is served by Interstate 44, which connects the city with St. Louis and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Route xiii (Kansas Expressway) carries traffic north towards Kansas City. U.S. Route 60, U.S. Route 65, and U.S. Route 160 laissez passer through the city. The boilerplate commuting fourth dimension was 17.seven minutes from 2013 to 2017.^[105]

Major streets include Glenstone Avenue, Sunshine Street (Missouri Road 413), National Avenue, Division Street, Campbell Avenue, Kansas Expressway, Battleground Road, Republic Road, West Bypass, Chestnut Expressway, and Kearney Street.

Highway 65 leading to I-44

Springfield is too the site of the first diverging diamond interchange within the The states, at the intersection of I-44 and MO-13 (Kansas Expressway) (at 37°15′01″N 93°18′39″W  /  37.2503°North 93.3107°W  / 37.2503; -93.3107  (Springfield, Missouri, diverging diamond interchange) ).

U.S. Route 66 and U.South. Route 166 formerly passed through Springfield, and sections of historic United states 66 can notwithstanding be seen in the city. US 166'south eastern terminus was once in the northeast section of the urban center, and US sixty (westbound) originally ended in downtown Springfield. US lx now goes through boondocks on James River Motorway. In mid-November 2013, the metropolis began discussing plans to upgrade sections of Schoolcraft Freeway (Highway 65) and James River Superhighway (Highway threescore) through the city to Interstate 44. The main reason is to minimize confusion should there be an incident on I-44 as a detour route.

Airport [edit]

Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF) serves the metropolis with straight flights to 14 cities. It is the main air gateway to the Springfield region. The Downtown Airport is also a public-use drome located about downtown. In May 2009, the Springfield-Branson drome opened a new passenger terminal. Financing included $97 million in revenue bonds issued by the airport and $20 million of discretionary federal aviation funds, with no urban center taxes used. The building includes 275,000 square feet (25,500 g²), 10 gates (expandable to 60) and 1,826 parking spaces. Direct connections from Springfield are available to Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Punta Gorda/Fort Myers, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, Phoenix and Tampa. No international flights have regular service into Springfield-Branson, but it does serve international charters.

Trains [edit]

Passenger trains have not served Springfield since 1967, only more than 65 freight trains travel to, from, and through the city each mean solar day. Springfield was once home to the headquarters and main shops of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad (Frisco). Into the 1960s, the Kansas City-Florida Special ran from Kansas City Union Station to Jacksonville, Florida, and the Sunnyland ran betwixt Kansas Metropolis and Birmingham and New Orleans. The railroad also operated two daily trains to St. Louis Union Station through its Springfield station: the Meteor and the Will Rogers. Both connected southwest to Oklahoma City Spousal relationship Station via Tulsa Marriage Depot. The Meteor continued on to Lawton, Oklahoma. The Frisco's terminal passenger train was the Southland (Kansas City - Memphis - Birmingham), a successor to the Sunnyland. ^[106]

As late as 1949 the Missouri Pacific had a short co-operative line connection from the company's Springfield station to Crane, whereupon connections could exist made to the Southern Scenic on the railroad'southward Kansas Urban center to Newport, Arkansas, line.^[107]

The Frisco was absorbed by the Burlington Northern (BN) in 1980, and in 1994 the BN merged with the Santa Fe, creating the electric current Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway. BNSF has three switch yards (two small) in Springfield. Mainlines to and from Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis and Tulsa converge at the railroad's yard facility in northern Springfield. In October 2006, BNSF announced plans to upgrade its Tulsa and Memphis mainlines into Springfield to handle an additional iv to half dozen daily intermodal freight trains between the West Coast and the Southeast. The Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad also operates several miles of (one-time Missouri Pacific) industrial track in the metropolis.

Buses [edit]

Metropolis Utilities of Springfield operates local bus service. Greyhound Lines serves Springfield on its line from New York to Los Angeles. Jefferson Lines serves Springfield on its line from Kansas City to Little Rock/Pino Barefaced.^[108]

Healthcare [edit]

Springfield is a regional medical hub with the healthcare field employing a big number of people in the city. Major intendance providers include CoxHealth, Mercy, Ozarks Customs Hospital and Jordan Valley Community Wellness Center, with Mercy being classified amongst the top 100 hospitals in the state.^[109] The industry employs more than than xxx,000 people in the Springfield metro.^[110]

CoxHealth is a private not-for-profit healthcare system headquartered in Springfield. It is ranked in the pinnacle ten hospitals in Missouri^[111] and it is a seven time top 100 hospital organization operating half-dozen hospitals, over lxxx clinics, health plans and other facilities and employing over 12,100 people in southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. The largest of the network'due south hospitals, Cox Southward is a level one trauma, stroke, and STEMI Center. Cox likewise runs a Children's Miracle Network Infirmary for specialized pediatric care.^[112]

Mercy Infirmary Springfield, function of the Mercy Health System based in St. Louis, is ranked number six in the country.^[113] It has a Level 1 Trauma Middle and runs a pediatric cancer center. Mercy Springfield is one of just half dozen St. Jude Children's Research Infirmary affiliates in the country, located inside the Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Heart named for Jane Pitt, mother of actor and Springfield native, Brad Pitt, who helped to fund the centre with help from his blood brother, man of affairs Douglas Pitt, sister Julie, so partner, extra Angelina Jolie.^[114]

Both Cox and Mercy maintain Ronald McDonald House Charities and houses for families of those who have children undergoing medical treatment.

The United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, one of 6 federal institutions designed to handle federal inmates' medical concerns, is located at the corner of West. Sunshine Street and Kansas Expressway.^[115] Several high-profile criminals, including several mob bosses have been housed at the center. Among them, Joseph Bonanno of the Bonanno crime family and John Gotti of the Gambino crime family unit, who died in the center. The center as well housed mass murderer Jared Lee Loughner, who perpetrated the 2011 Tucson shooting injuring US Representative Gabby Giffords.

Media [edit]

Print [edit]

The urban center's major daily newspaper is the Springfield News-Leader, which circulates to more than 50,000 people on Sundays.^{[ citation needed ]} Other newspapers for Springfield include Daily Events, Springfield Business Journal, which is a weekly paper that provides comprehensive business organisation news, and The Standard which is Missouri State Academy'south in-school newspaper, and Ozarks Independent, an online local news publication.

In add-on to newspapers, Springfield is the base of operations of 417 Magazine, a local lifestyle and entertainment mag showcasing restaurants, attractions and local businesses in the 417 area code. The Magazine likewise maintains 417 Biz for concern and networking information highlighting local businesspeople and entrepreneurs, as well as 417 Helpmate for nuptials and bridal related content.

Television [edit]

As of 2021, the Springfield media marketplace ranks 74th in the nation, amongst markets like Omaha, Nebraska, and Columbia, South Carolina.^[116] The area is composed of 31 counties in southwest Missouri and Arkansas. Every bit of 2021, there are 432,370 goggle box-owning households.^[117]

Springfield Area Telly

Station	Channel	Network	Subchannels
KYTV	three	NBC	three.four Circumvolve 3.5 Justice Network 3.6 Quest
KRFT	eight	Court Tv	8.ii Light TV 8.3 This Television 8.iv Heartland viii.five QVC 8.half dozen Nuestra Visión 8..eight Dabl 8.9 Buzzr
KOLR	ten	CBS	10.2 Laff 10.3 Grit 10.4 CBN News
KYCW	24	The CW	3.2 WeatherNation TV 3.3 Cozi TV
KOZK	21	PBS	21.2 PBS Kids 21.3 Create 21.4 World Aqueduct
KOZL	27	MyNetworkTV	27.2 Court Tv Mystery 27.3 Bounciness Telly
KSPR	33	ABC	33.2 The CW 33.3 Antenna TV
KRBK	49	Play a joke on	49.2 MeTV 49.3 Movies!

Radio [edit]

Picture show [edit]

The city has a history dating back to the 1950s in moving-picture show and television. Several films, such as The Winning Squad (1952) starring Doris Day, Frank Lovejoy and futurity U.S. President Ronald Reagan, held their premieres in Springfield at the Gillioz Theatre downtown. Reagan, forth with his married woman Nancy Reagan and President Harry S. Truman, were in attendance.^[118]

Springfield was home to the country music goggle box show Ozark Jubilee.^{[ commendation needed ]}

In 2007, Springfield was ane of more than a dozen other Springfields in the country vying to host the premiere of The Simpsons Movie through an online video competition voted on past readers of USA Today. The premiere was ultimately hosted in Springfield, Vermont.^[119]

Springfield hosts the SATO 48 film competition (Springfield And The Ozarks 48-Hour Film Challenge) every spring in which filmmakers have 48 hours to make a film running five minutes or less.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2018, a new film festival, Rated SGF, began in Springfield. The result is hosted by the Motion-picture show and Media Association of Springfield and the Downtown Springfield Association.^[120]

Notable people [edit]

• List of people from Springfield, Missouri

Sis cities [edit]

Springfield Sister Cities^[121]

City	Subdivision	State
Tlaquepaque	Jalisco	United mexican states
Isesaki	Gunma Prefecture	Nihon

Come across also [edit]

• Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard
• Listing of mayors of Springfield, Missouri
• Springfield Three
• Tiny Town

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.
2. ^ Official records for Springfield were kept at downtown from January 1888 to December 1939, Downtown Airport from Jan 1940 to July 1940, and at Springfield–Branson National Drome since August 1940. For more information, see ThreadEx.

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Farther reading [edit]

• McIntyre, Stephen 50., ed. Springfield's Urban Histories: Essays on the Queen City of the Missouri Ozarks (Springfield: Moon Urban center Printing, 2012) 352 pp.

External links [edit]

• City of Springfield
• Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Springfield Expanse Chamber of Commerce
• Downtown Springfield
• Historic maps of Springfield in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Missouri

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