Springfield, Texas

Springfield is an unincorporated community in west Jim Wells County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located between the cities of San Diego and Alice south of Highway 44.

History

Springfield is at Farm Roads 625 and 3087, about three miles southeast of San Diego and seven miles northwest of Alice in west central Jim Wells County. The community was established when the Texas Mexican Railway built across the county in the early 1880s. A post office was established at Springfield in 1909, and in 1910 the community's population was estimated at about 100, though by 1914 the number of residents had decreased to eight. The post office closed in 1918. A county highway map made in the 1930s showed Springfield with a school and scattered dwellings. During the late 1980s it was a dispersed rural community.

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Municipalities and communities of Jim Wells County, Texas, United States
County seat: Alice
Cities	Alice Orange Grove Premont San Diego‡
Village	Pernitas Point‡
CDPs	Alfred-South La Paloma Alice Acres Coyote Acres K-Bar Ranch Loma Linda East Owl Ranch-Amargosa Rancho Alegre Sandia Westdale
Other unincorporated communities	Ben Bolt Bentonville Casa Blanca La Gloria Palito Blanco Rancho de la Parita Springfield
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties