A history of Springfield,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Springfield from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSpringfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,413.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,664 to 3,413 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Springfield yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Springfield’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOhio Masonic Home, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Springfield, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Ohio Masonic Home (1905) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.