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Springfield, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40069. It lies near Cemetery Hill. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle. 2,846 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.

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Springfield within Washington County

On record in Springfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 12 of 52 shown

Every listing in Washington County

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Springfield grew from 2,519 to 2,846 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,519
20202,846+327 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Washington County Courthouse, Springfield, Washington County, KY
Washington County Courthouse, Springfield, Washington County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Springfield: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nally & Gibson SpringfieldLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flood, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2002HailSpringfield3 hurt, $150,000Hail damaged many homes and vehicles.
May 2010FloodSpringfield$75,000Six to eight inches of rain across Spencer county May 1-2 led to areal flooding in spots across the county on the 2nd.
May 2017HailSpringfield$50,000Local broadcast media received multiple reports of golf ball sized hail.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSpringfield$50,000A garage was damaged along Highway 152 east of Springfield. Numerous trees were downed in Springfield and elsewhere in Washington County. Power was out to much of the city of Springfield for two hours after the storm passed.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindSpringfield$20,000The roof was blown off a barn in Springfield.
March 1997Tornado (F0)Springfield$15,000no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Trees were damaged and power lines were blown down in Springfield.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Structural damage occurred to the baseball field at Idle Hour Park. Scattered tree damage was observed throughout the park.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Three small trees fell down.
June 2020Flash FloodSpringfield-There were multiple reports of flooded roadways across the county including Lincoln Park Road and Highway 150 near Springfield.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-A tree was reported down on Maplewood Avenue in Springfield.
April 2015HailSpringfield-Social media pictures submitted showed tennis ball size hail fell in Springfield.
April 2011Flash FloodSpringfield-The emergency manager reported about 7-8 total road closures throughout the entire county that were closed for approximately 3-4 hours due to flowing water.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Several trees were downed along Depot Street and 150 Valley Hill Road in the town of Springfield.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-A tree was reported down and blocking a road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Power lines were downed off Lincoln Park Road just outside of Springfield.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-A tree and some large limbs were downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Trees and power lines were downed. Funnel clouds were spotted, but there was no indication of a tornado touchdown.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Trees were downed and electric power was knocked out.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Sixty mph winds downed power lines.
March 2006HailSpringfield-no account filed
May 2006HailSpringfield-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
July 2004HailSpringfield-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
March 2002HailSpringfield-no account filed
May 2002HailSpringfield-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
June 1997FloodSpringfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Briartown1.2 miles9
Jimtown1.3 miles9
Saint Catharine2.5 miles7
Cisselville3.0 miles7
Oakland (historical)3.0 miles9
Rineltown3.9 miles9
Simstown4.3 miles9
Valley Hill5.0 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SpringfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q986180The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 504157. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.