The Springfield Municipal Landfill will remain open today; however, we will only be accepting brush, tree limbs, and yard debris due to the sustained high winds. We will reopen Wednesday, November 22, 2023 as long as the wind does not pick up.
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Springfield Town Hall will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23, 2023.
We hope everyone has a happy and safe Veterans Day! Thank you to all Veterans who have dedicated their lives to protecting and serving our nation!
At the Board of Trustees November 9, 2023 Regular Meeting Chief of Police Clay Klipfel presented Officers Guess and Reeves recognition pins for attending and completing an intense week long training where our officers became certified SWAT Officers. The Board of Trustees would like to thank all of our officers for their dedication to protecting and defending our community and for investing their time and effort to become better-trained and better-prepared for our community! Thank you, Officer Guess and Officer Reeves! Keep up the good work!
Chief Klipfel and Officer Guess were among several Veterans honored at Springfield High School's Quilts of Valor Celebration. Thank you Chief and Officer Guess for your service to our Country and to our community and thank you to all Veterans who have served our Nation!
The Springfield Landfill will be closed on Saturday, November 11, 2023 in observance of Veteran's Day.
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The inside lanes of the railroad tracks located on the South end of Town will be temporarily closed so BNSF can make emergency repairs to a break in the tracks that occurred this morning.
Please use caution when traveling over the tracks.
BNSF and CDOT anticipate having this fixed by this afternoon.
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.
Springfield is located in the southeastern corner of the State of Colorado, approximately 1,500 miles from either coast, 30 miles from Kansas, 30 miles from Oklahoma, and halfway between Denver, Colorado and Amarillo, Texas. Springfield is the county seat and is located in the middle of Baca County. The population was 1,375 at the 2020 Census. Springfield originally developed as a cattle ranching and farming community and a major stagecoach stop. The town was named Springfield because most of the early residents had lived in Springfield, MO.
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