Springfield
county seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
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Summary
Springfield is a city in the United States[1]. Springfield ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,956 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hampden County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Domenic Sarno[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], county seat[7]
- Shares border with: Chicopee[8], Ludlow[9]
- Founder: William Pynchon[10]
- Named after: Springfield[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Viterbo[12], Takikawa[13]
- Postal code: 01101[14], 01102[15], 01103[16], 01104[17], 01105[18], 01106[19], 01107[20], 01108[21], 01109[22], 01111[23], 01115[24], 01118[25], 01119[26], 01128[27]
- Part of: Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Hampden district[28], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden district[29], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Hampden district[30], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Hampden district[31], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Hampden district[32], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Hampden district[33], Massachusetts Senate's First Hampden and Hampshire district[34], Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district[35]
- Commons category: Springfield, Massachusetts[36]
- Local dialing code: 413[37]
- Inception: 1636[38]
- Coordinate location: 42.112411, -72.547455[39]
- Official website: https://www.springfield-ma.gov[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Springfield, Massachusetts[41]
- Commons gallery: Springfield, Massachusetts[42]
- Population: 153,060[43], 155,929[44], 160,000[45], 150,000[46]
- Time of earliest written record: 1636[47]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts[48]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[49], The American Cyclopædia[50], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[51], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[52], The New Student's Reference Work[53]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Springfield include USS Springfield[54], an attack submarine[55].
Why It Matters
Springfield has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Springfield is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Springfield include USS Springfield[54], an attack submarine[55].