Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Contact the Chamber at
719-523-4061
Chamber Headquarters is located
inside the Treasure Chest Mall at
948 Main
PO Box 12
Springfield, CO 81073
The Chamber's new website is
http://www.springfieldcochamber.com/
President: |
Jodi Ricker |
1st Vice President |
Nick Palmer |
2nd Vice President |
Renee Grigat |
Secretary |
Marcia Elstob |
Treasurer |
Merna McGinnis |
Board of Directors |
Mike Page, Cecil Wade, Darrell Mackey, Jerry Loflin, Monte Barham |
The Business Directory will be constantly updated
with new area businesses.
If you would like your business listed
send an email to gjean@centurytel.net.
Obituaries are now being posted, courtesy of The Plainsman Herald Newspaper.
The historic Town of Springfield is a Statutory Town that is the County seat and most populous town of Baca County, Colorado, United States
The population was 1,562 at the 2000 census. The town was named for Springfield, Missouri, the origin of early settlers to the town. Elevations range from 3800 to 5200 feet in Baca County.
According to the Plainsman Herald from March 1988, the Town was settled in 1888 or 1889 by Frank Pierce Tipton (DPOB 10 Dec 1852, Gallopolis, Ohio) who had travelled to Springfield from Moulton, Iowa via Springfield, MO in 1886 or 1887 in a covered wagon. Frank Tipton secured the title to 80 acres (320,000 m2) which was the original town site.
Springfield has one school district which is RE-4. The Superintendent, and elementary principal is Mike Page, and the High School principal is Richard Hargrove. The town has one library. 
The picture on the right is a statue created by a local Artist Shalah Perkins for our Memorial Park on Main street. The Memorial Park is right next to the historical Stage Stop Hotel.