Springfield, Ohio Springfield, Ohio City of Springfield Official seal of Springfield, Ohio Nickname(s): The Home City, The Rose City (City of Roses), The Champion City, The Field Location inside the state of Ohio Location inside the state of Ohio Location of Springfield in Clark County Location of Springfield in Clark County Springfield is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Ohio and the governmental center of county of Clark County. The municipality is positioned in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River, Buck Creek and Beaver Creek, approximately 45 miles (72 km) west of Columbus and 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Dayton.
Springfield is home to Wittenberg University, a liberal arts college.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a total populace of 60,608. The Springfield Metropolitan Travel Destination had a populace of 138,333 residents. and the Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH Combined Travel Destination had 1,072,891 residents. The Little Miami Scenic Trail, a paved rail-trail which is almost 80 miles long, goes from the Buck Creek Scenic Trailhead in Springfield south to Newtown, Ohio (near Cincinnati), and is prominent with hikers and cyclists.
In 1983, Newsweek featured Springfield in its 50th anniversary issue, entitled, "The American Dream." In 2010, Springfield ranked third worst in a nationwide wellbeing survey conducted by The Gallup Organization. In 2011, Springfield was titled the "unhappiest town/city in America" by another Gallup survey.In 2015, Springfield was ranked the least healthy town/city in Ohio by 24/7 Wall St. The villages of Peckuwe and Piqua were positioned near today's Springfield, Ohio, at 39 54.5 N, 83 54.68 W and 39 54.501 N, 83 54.682 W in the order given, and were home to the Peckuwe and Kispoko Divisions of the Shawnee Tribe until the Battle of Piqua, August 8, 1780.
The Piqua Sept of Ohio Shawnee Tribe have placed a traditional cedar pole in commemoration, positioned "on the southern edge of the George Rogers Clark Historical Park, in the lowlands in front of the park's 'Hertzler House'." Springfield was established by James Demint, a former teamster from Kentucky, in 1801.
When Clark County was created from parts of Champaign, Madison and Greene counties, Springfield, titled for Springfield, Massachusetts which, at the time, was meaningful for hosting the U.S.
Federal Springfield Armory; enduring the Attack on Springfield amid King Philip's War in 1675; and Shays' Rebellion in 1787 beat out the village of New Boston as the governmental center of county in 1818 by two votes in the state legislature.
Springfield traces its early expansion to the National Road, which ended in Springfield for approximately 10 years as politicians wrangled over the path it would continue.
Dayton and Eaton wanted the road to veer south after Springfield, but President Andrew Jackson made the final decision to have the road continue straight west to Richmond, Indiana. Clark County Courthouse in downtown Springfield Old City Hall, now the Clark County Heritage Center During the mid-and-late 19th century, Springfield was dominated by industrialists including Oliver S.
Bushnell assembled the Springfield, Ohio Bushnell Building where the patent attorney to the Wright Brothers, Harry Aubrey Toulmin, Sr., wrote the 1904 patent to cover the invention of the aircraft .
In 1894, The Kelly Springfield Tire Company was founded.
At the turn of the 20th century Springfield became known as the "Home City." Springfield also became known as "The Champion City".
Graham, then the superintendent of schools for Springfield Township in Clark County, established a "Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Club." Approximately 85 kids from 10 to 15 years of age attended the first meeting on January 15, 1902 in Springfield, Ohio, in the basement of the Clark County Courthouse.
The Clark County Fair is the second biggest fair in the state (only the Ohio State Fair is larger) in large part to 4 - H still remaining very prominent in the area.
The mob then proceeded to burn much of the black region of town. In February 1906, another mob formed and again burned the black section of town known as "the levee". Sixty years later, Springfield was the first town/city in Ohio to have a black mayor, Robert Henry. From 1916 to 1926, 10 automobile companies directed in Springfield.
It is the only Frank Lloyd Wright prairie style home in the state of Ohio.
International Harvester (now Navistar), manufacturer of farm machinery and later trucks, became the dominant local trade after Springfield native William Whiteley invented the self-raking reaper and mower, in 1856.
The town/city is served by one daily newspaper, the Springfield News-Sun, and by one weekly newspaper, The Springfield Paper.
Springfield is positioned at 39 55 37 N 83 48 15 W (39.927067, 83.804131). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 25.50 square miles (66.04 km2), of which, 25.29 square miles (65.50 km2) is territory and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km2) is water. The Clarence J.
Brown Reservoir is positioned on the northeast outskirts of Springfield.
Also amid those years, occurrences of murder and non-negligent manslaughter steadily increased; from 5 to 7. In 2015, Springfield's violent crime reached a 14-year high. Springfield Public Schools enroll 8,604 students in enhance major and secondary schools. The precinct operates 16 enhance schools including ten elementary schools, three middle schools, one high school, and one alternative school.
Springfield is also home to Nightingale Montessori, a small private school using the methods from Dr.
The school was established over thirty years ago, and has been educating many from Springfield, Clark County and other encircling counties such as Greene, Clinton, Champaign, Franklin, Madison and Logan.
Springfield is home to two establishments of higher learning, Wittenberg University and Clark State Community College.
Wittenberg University is a Lutheran college that was established in Springfield in 1845.
The town/city is also home to Clark State Community College.
Clark State Community College was established in 1962 under the name of the Springfield and Clark County Technical Education Program as a technical education college for Clark County, Ohio and the encircling area.
The Ohio Board of Regents accredited it as Ohio's first technical college.
In the 1950 film Pagan Love Song, starring Esther Williams, actor Howard Keel played Hap "Hazard" Endicott, a school teacher from Springfield, Ohio. In 2009, amid a scene of the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine, "Springfield, Ohio" is listed in the scene caption as the locale of a carnival where Victor Creed/Sabretooth finds Chris Bradley/Bolt working as a game booth attendant.
The Springfield News-Sun, The Wittenberg Torch, WEEC-FM radio, WUSO-FM radio are the city's chief media organizations.
PBS' Market Warriors on September 17, 2012 featured the Springfield Antique Show and Flea Market. The following are notable citizens born and/or raised in Springfield: Mike De - Wine former US Senator for Ohio and present Ohio Attorney General Braxton Miller - Former Ohio State Quarterback and current NFL player Clark County Heritage Center, which homes the Clark County Historical Society exhibition, library, and archives.
Clark County Public Library, which has its chief and two other chapters in Springfield.
Springfield City School District, the school precinct that serves the town/city of Springfield "Springfield third worst in wellness survey".
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