Springfield (Ohio)
| Springfield | |||
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| Nickname : The Rose City | |||
Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1801 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Clark County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 56 ′ N , 83 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
62,844 (status: 2006) 141,872 (status: 2006) |
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| Population density : | 1,079.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 58.3 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of which 58.2 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 298 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 45501-45506 | ||
| Area code : | +1 937 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-74118 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1065370 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.springfield.oh.us | ||
| Mayor : | Warren R. Copeland | ||
 The Springfield Courthouse |
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Springfield is a city in Clark County in the US state of Ohio . Its population is 62,844 (2006). Springfield is also the seat of the county seat of Clark County.
At the time, this was the end of the east-west railway line . At Springfield, settlers moving west had to switch from rail to other modes of transport. Therefore, Springfield had great economic importance for a long time. Since the settlers were able to stock up on everything they needed for life before moving on, there were a large number of traders, bars and entertainment venues. When the railway line between the east and west coasts became continuous, Springfield lost its importance.
Springfield later made a name for itself as an industrial location. Among other things, Rittal has set up its US headquarters here.
In 2004 Springfield was voted the "All-American City".
Wittenberg University , which emerged from Wittenberg College , founded in 1845 and where Sherwood Anderson and John Chowning studied, is located in the city.
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 72,563 |
| 1990 | 70,487 |
| 2000 | 65,358 |
| 2005 | 63,302 |
| 2010 | 60,608 |
¹ 1980–2000: census results; 2005 and 2010: update of the US Census Bureau
sons and daughters of the town
- Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), photographer
- Frank Boggs (1885–1926), painter
- William Riley Burnett (1899–1982), writer and screenwriter
- Garvin Bushell (1902-1991), jazz musician
- Justin Chambers (born 1970), actor
- Elizabeth Williams Champney (1850-1922), writer
- Call Cobbs (1911-1971), jazz pianist
- Jason Collier (1977-2005), basketball player
- Mike DeWine (born 1947), politician
- Lillian Gish (1893–1993), actress
- Quentin Jackson (1909-1976), jazz trombonist
- Albert Galloway Keller (1874–1956), sociologist and university professor
- Benjamin G. Lamme (1864–1924), electrical engineer and chief engineer at Westinghouse
- John Legend (* 1978), R&B musician and songwriter
- Johnny Lytle (1932-1995), jazz musician
- Troy Perkins (* 1981), soccer goalkeeper
- Konrad Reuland (1987-2016), football player
- John Sack (born 1938), novelist
- Cecil Scott (1905–1964), jazz musician
- Lloyd Scott (1902-19 ??), jazz musician
- Charles Thompson (1918-2016), jazz pianist
- Tommy Tucker (1933–1982), blues singer and pianist
- Earle Warren (1914-1994), jazz saxophonist
- Worthington Whittredge (1820–1910), landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School
Town twinning
- since 1995 with Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- since 2002 with Kragujevac in Serbia
