# Springfield, Texas

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**Springfield** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in west [Jim Wells County](/source/Jim_Wells_County) in the [U.S.](/source/United_States) state of [Texas](/source/Texas). It is located between the cities of [San Diego](/source/San_Diego,_Texas) and [Alice](/source/Alice,_Texas), south of [Highway 44](/source/Texas_State_Highway_44).

## History

Springfield is located in the west central portion of [Jim Wells County, Texas](/source/Jim_Wells_County,_Texas). [San Diego, Texas](/source/San_Diego,_Texas) is roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) to the northwest, and [Alice, Texas](/source/Alice,_Texas) is 7 miles (11 km) to the southeast. The 1880s construction of the [Texas Mexican Railway](/source/Texas_Mexican_Railway) led to the establishment of Springfield, where a post office operated from 1909 to 1918. Population estimates for the community were at 100 in 1910, but only eight individuals lived there in 1914. The community continued to have a school at least as late as the 1930s. The *[Handbook of Texas Online](/source/Handbook_of_Texas_Online)* describes the state of Springfield in the 1980s as a "dispersed rural community".[1]

## References

1. Garza, Alicia A. (June 1, 1995). ["History of Springfield, Texas: A Rural Community Overview"](https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/springfield-tx-jim-wells-county). Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 8 November 2025.

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