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Section for old comment (6 January 2008)

What distinguishes the name "Springfield" from other place names in the US is not so much that it occurs so much more frequently than other common American place names, but that the core cities of several unremarkable, small to medium-sized metropolitan areas bear the name -- e.g., Springfield, MA; Springfield, MO; Springfield, IL. As such, the name "Springfield" evokes a normal, bland, run-of-the-mill American city to a much greater degree than probably any other American place name.

How Many Springfields: 33 or 41?

I don't want to change the article because I don't know the answer, but I've just found another source that says there are 41 Springfields in the US, and that it's the second most common US city name:

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-common-town-and-city-names-in-the-u-s-a.html Mpaniello (talk) 00:33, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Another Contemporary Culture Reference needed.

I would like someone to add references to comics/toys from G.I. Joe by Marvel Comics and other media of almost every US Springfield secretly being a Cobra (the enemy) base of operations for years. I am no longer familiar with the process for updating Wikipedia, as I haven't proposed any in years after whole sections I worked on were just deleted as irrelevant, though it was a resource for many... So, I would appreciate an assist. 71.210.238.7 (talk) 04:41, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Springfield, MO place name from Springfield, MA

As mentioned in the |Springfield, Missouri article, The Missouri city getting its name from the Massachusetts city is widely believed but debatable. Cheers, Skylerblue77 (talk) 04:43, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]