{{Short description|Census-designated place in Arkansas, United States}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Distinguish|Springfield, Illinois|Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield, Missouri}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Springfield, Arkansas |settlement_type = Census-designated place |image_skyline = |image_caption = |image_map = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = Arkansas |pushpin_label = Springfield |pushpin_relief = yes |pushpin_map_caption = Location in the U.S. state of Arkansas |coordinates = {{coord|35|16|03|N|92|33|28|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{Flagu|United States}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Arkansas}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Conway |established_title = Founded |established_date = {{start date and age|1856|7|8|p=1|br=1}}<!-- Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. --> |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 4.6 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 223 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 472 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 2805686<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2805686}}</ref> |blank1_name = |blank1_info = }}

'''Springfield''' is a census-designated place (CDP) in Conway County, Arkansas, United States.<ref name=gnis/> It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 223.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Springfield CDP, Arkansas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0566110|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 223 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}

===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" |+'''Springfield CDP, Arkansas – Demographic Profile'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''</small> !Race / Ethnicity !Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Springfield CDP, Arkansas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0566110&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |195 |87.44% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |3 |1.35% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Asian alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Some Other Race alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) |19 |8.52% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |6 |2.69% |- |'''Total''' |'''223''' |'''100.00%''' |}

==Education== Springfield is in the South Conway County School District.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05029_conway/DC10SD_C05029_001.pdf|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Conway County, AR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2021-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ConwayCounty.pdf<!--Old URL: http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/ConwayCounty.pdf-->|title=General Highway Map Conway County, Arkansas|publisher=Arkansas Department of Transportation|accessdate=2021-03-17}} - See Solgohachia and Springfield on the map.</ref> The district operates Morrilton High School.

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===Bibliography=== * {{cite encyclopedia |last=Taylor |first=Larry |date=December 20, 2024 |title=Springfield (Conway County) |url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6416 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |publisher=CALS |access-date=April 1, 2025}}

==Further reading== * {{cite book |last=Stillwell |first=Leander |year=1917 |title=The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofcommonsol00stil_0 |edition=1st |location=Erie, Kansas |publisher=Press of the Erie Record |pages=107–113 |chapter=Chapter XV. Little Rock.&mdash;Expeditions to Augusta and Springfield.&mdash;March, April, and May, 1864 |lccn=17029817 |oclc=1085327623 |via=Internet Archive}}

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