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Springfield, Anderson County, Texas

Coordinates: 31°48′19″N 95°28′40″W / 31.80528°N 95.47778°W / 31.80528; -95.47778
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Springfield, Anderson County, Texas
Springfield is located in Texas
Springfield
Springfield
Springfield is located in the United States
Springfield
Springfield
Coordinates: 31°48′19″N 95°28′40″W / 31.80528°N 95.47778°W / 31.80528; -95.47778
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyAnderson
Elevation
390 ft (120 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)430 & 903
GNIS feature ID1380593[1]

Springfield is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 30 in 2000. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.

History

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Springfield was established around 1875. The settlement consisted of a church, only one business, a factory, and several scattered homes along the road in the 1930s. In 1985, it had only one business, a church, and many houses, and became a crossroads community. It had an estimated population of 20 residents from 1939 to 1990 and gained 10 residents in 2000.[2]

Geography

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Springfield stands at the juncture of an unnamed country road and Farm to Market Road 837, 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Texas State Highway 19 as well as 19 mi (31 km) northwest of Palestine in the northwestern portion of Anderson County.[2]

Education

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Springfield had its own school in the 1930s, which had 163 students enrolled in it during 1932. It then became part of the school in nearby Tennessee Colony in 1955.[2] Today the community is served by the Cayuga Independent School District.

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