Springfield, West Virginia
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| name = Springfield, West Virginia
| settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP)
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| image_skyline = Springfield United Methodist Church Springfield WV 2014 09 10 01.jpg
| image_caption = Springfield United Methodist Church
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Springfield in West Virginia
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = West Virginia
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Hampshire
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| area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}
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| area_total_sq_mi = 1.341
| area_land_sq_mi = 1.340
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.001
| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_total = 455
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| timezone = Eastern (EST)
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = -4
| elevation_ft = 764
| coordinates = {{coord|39|26|42|N|78|41|52|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = ZIP code
| postal_code = 26763
| area_code = 304
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| blank_info = 2586885{{GNIS|2586885}}
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Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in northwestern Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Springfield had a population of 455 (down from 477 at the 2010 census).{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Springfield CDP, West Virginia |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Springfield+CDP,+West+Virginia |access-date=May 25, 2025 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=2011-05-14 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}} Springfield is located north of Romney along West Virginia Route 28 at its junction with Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) and Springfield Pike (West Virginia Secondary Route 3).
History
Established on December 16, 1790, at the "Cross Roads" of Hampshire County on the property of William and Samuel Abernethy by an act of the Virginia General Assembly,{{Cite web|url=http://vagenweb.org/hening/vol13-08.htm|title='An act to establish several Towns,' Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. XIII, Chapter XLV|website=vagenweb.org|access-date=2017-03-05}} Springfield was named in commemoration of the Battle of Springfield (1780).{{cite book|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=620;size=125|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|publisher=The Place Name Press|year=1945|location=Piedmont, WV|page=596}}
George Washington first visited the Springfield area in 1748 as a member of a party that surveyed the land holdings of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron in the South Branch Potomac River Valley.
In June 1861, the town organized a company of men known as the "Potomac Guards" in support of the Confederacy. The company was under the command of Captain Philip T. Grace.{{Citation | title = Hampshire Trivia | newspaper = Hampshire Review | pages = 1A | date = 2007-12-27 | url = http://www.hampshirereview.com }}
On August 23, 1861, Springfield played host to an American Civil War skirmish between the Unionists and the Confederates.
= Historic Sites =
File:63 Springfield Pike Springfield WV 2014 09 10 01.JPG
Today, Springfield is the site of a number of historic private residences dating from the 18th and 19th Centuries.
- 63 Springfield Pike (1860), Springfield Pike (CR 3)
- Ridgedale (George W. Washington Farm), Washington Bottom Road (CR 28/3)
- Frenchwood, Route 28 South and Market Street
- The house is currently being restored. Captain John W. Shouse supposedly built the circa 1855 brick house.
- Springfield United Methodist Church, Vine Street
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Category:1790 establishments in Virginia
Category:Census-designated places in Hampshire County, West Virginia
Category:Census-designated places in West Virginia
Category:Hampshire County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War