Town of Springfield Town Hall will be closed today! Stay home, stay warm, and stay safe!
Established by the Windsor Town Company in 1887, the town was incorporated in 1889 around the time that, Jim and Frank Tipton secured the title to 80 acres which was the original townsite. They did this through a "soldiers' script". In 1889 Springfield was named the temporary county seat. Other towns competing for the seat were Minneapolis, Stonington, and Boston. The day of the election to determine the county seat, two men representing the town of Boston got lost during a snowstorm. After much controversy, a second election was held and Springfield won the permanent seat.