On 11 Jan 2002 in soc.genealogy.misc, Singhals wrote: > There's Paris Virginia, Vienna Virginia, Romney West Virginia, > Lima in (Ohio? Indiana?), Cairo Illinois, Birmingham Alabama, > Reading Pennsylvania, Hanover Pennsylvania, York Pennsylvania, > Edinburg Virginia and the only states I know that do NOT have a > Springfield are Louisiana and Hawaii. (g) OK, I spent *way* too long on this, so: Alaska, Arizona, Connecicut, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington (state), Wyoming do NOT have Springfields, according to the Geobase in TMG. -- Joe Makowiec can be reached at: makowiec(at)nycap(dot)rr(dot)com

Joe Makowiec wrote: > Alaska, Arizona, Connecicut, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, > Rhode Island, Utah, Washington (state), Wyoming > > do NOT have Springfields, according to the Geobase in TMG. OK, curiosity got the better of me so I went to the USGS web site. Virgin Islands - St. Croix Alaska - none Alabama - one in each of these counties: Clarke, Elmore, Greene, Lauderdale, Randolph Arizona - Amazingly enough, although there is no Springfield, Arizona there is a Springfield Elementary School in Apache county, Arizona. Is this the school that was named by the students after the "Simpsons"? Arkansas - in Conway county; Springfield (historical) in Mississippi county California - in Tuolumne county; Springfield Meadows in El Dorado county Colorado - in Baca county Connecticut - none Delware - doesn't have a "Springfield," but does have a "Springfield Crossroads" and a "Springfield Farms Addition" both in Sussex county. Florida - one in Bay county and one in Duval county; Springfield Plaza in Bay county Georgia - one in each of these counties: Cherokee, Clayton, DeKalb, Dougherty, Effingham, Hancock, Newton, Richmond, Taliaferro; there's also a Springfield Downs in Hall county and Springfield Acres in Henry county Hawaii - none Idaho - in Bingham county Illinois - in Sangamon county Indiana - one in LaPorte county and one in Posey county Iowa - Iowa has a couple of Springfield's listed as a "locale" rather than a "populated place" (Clayton and Keokuk counties) and a few Township of Springfield's listed as "civil" (Cedar, Kossuth, and Winneshiek counties) Kansas - the only one in Kansas is listed as "Springfield (historical)", "locale", in Seward county Kentucky - in Washington county Louisiana - in Livingston parish Maine - in Penobscot county Maryland - one in each of these counties: Calvert, Montgomery, Prince George's, Talbot Massachusetts - in Hampden county Michigan - one in Calhoun county, one in Oakland county; Springfield Place in Calhoun county Minnesota - in Brown county Mississippi - the only two I found were listed as "Springfield (historical)", one in Choctaw county and one in Jefferson county Missouri - in Greene county Montana - none Nebraska - in Sarpy county Nevada - none New Hampshire - in Sullivan county; Springfield Point in Carroll county New Jersey - one in Burlington county and one in Union county New Mexico - none New York - in Otsego county; Otsegao also has Springfield Center and Springfield Four Corners; Springfield Gardens in Queens North Carolina - one in Guilford county and one in Scotland county North Dakota - Township of Springfield listed as "civil" in Towner county Ohio - in Clark county; East Springfield in Jefferson county; New Springfield in Mahoning county Oklahoma - no cities, but two listings for Springfield Post Office (historical); one in Comanche county and one in Okfuskee county Oregon - in Lane county Pennsylvania - one in each of these counties: Bradford, Bucks, Delaware; Springfield Junction in Blair county; Springfield Falls in Mercer county Rhode Island - none South Carolina - one in each of these counties: Beaufort, Charleston, Orangeburg South Dakota - in Bon Homme county Tennessee - in Robertson county; Springfield Acres in Sullivan county Texas - one in Anderson county and one in Limestone county Utah - none Vermont - in Windsor county Virginia - one in each of these counties: Albemarle, Fairfax, Fauquier, Page, Rockbridge, Westmoreland, York; Fairfax county also has Springfield Estates, Springfield Farms and Springfield Forest Washington - none West Virginia - in Hampshire county Wisconsin - in Walworth county; Town of Springifield, "civil" in Dane, Jackson, Marquette, and St. Croix counties; Springifield Corners in Dane county and Jackson county Wyoming - none -- How can "crash course" and "collision course" have two different meanings? -- George Carlin ===== Free Book Searches (out-of-print, hard-to-find, foreign, used, new) - mailto:findbook@flash.net