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.
Research this city
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
William Blackwell Houselisted 1989
Covington Institute Teachers' Residencelisted 1983
Doe Run Trestlelisted 1989
Duncan Houselisted 1989
Holy Rosary Churchlisted 1989
Johnson's Chapel AME Churchlisted 1989
Mordecai Lincoln Houselisted 1972
William C. McChord Houselisted 1978
Wilson McElroy Houselisted 1989
John Pope Houselisted 1976
Simmstownlisted 1989
Springfield Armorylisted 2000
Every listing in Washington County
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Washington County Courthouse, Springfieldfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresSpringfield 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,519 | |
| 2020 | 2,846 | +327 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nally & Gibson Springfield | Limestone, General | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Hail | Springfield | 3 hurt, $150,000 | Hail damaged many homes and vehicles. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Springfield | $75,000 | Six to eight inches of rain across Spencer county May 1-2 led to areal flooding in spots across the county on the 2nd. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Springfield | $50,000 | Local broadcast media received multiple reports of golf ball sized hail. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $50,000 | A 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $20,000 | The roof was blown off a barn in Springfield. |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Springfield | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Trees were damaged and power lines were blown down in Springfield. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Structural damage occurred to the baseball field at Idle Hour Park. Scattered tree damage was observed throughout the park. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Three small trees fell down. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Springfield | - | There were multiple reports of flooded roadways across the county including Lincoln Park Road and Highway 150 near Springfield. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | A tree was reported down on Maplewood Avenue in Springfield. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Springfield | - | Social media pictures submitted showed tennis ball size hail fell in Springfield. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Springfield | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Several trees were downed along Depot Street and 150 Valley Hill Road in the town of Springfield. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | A tree was reported down and blocking a road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Power lines were downed off Lincoln Park Road just outside of Springfield. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | A tree and some large limbs were downed. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Trees and power lines were downed. Funnel clouds were spotted, but there was no indication of a tornado touchdown. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Trees were downed and electric power was knocked out. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Sixty mph winds downed power lines. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flood | Springfield | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briartown | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Jimtown | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Catharine | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cisselville | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Oakland (historical) | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rineltown | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Simstown | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Valley Hill | 5.0 miles | 9 |
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 Springfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986180 | The 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.




