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City · Sarpy County · Population 1,501 (2020 census) · ZIP 68059 · Founded 1881 · Peak population 1,529 (2010)

About Springfield

Springfield is a city of 1,501 in southern Sarpy County, on NE 50 about 7 miles southwest of Papillion and 6 miles north of the Platte River at Louisville. The Sarpy County Fair is held at the fairgrounds on Main Street each summer, and the MoPac Trail runs south to the Platte. It has Springfield Platteview Community Schools and the Springfield Memorial Library.

History

J. D. Spearman, a Civil War officer, settled in the area and in 1874 founded Sarpy Center, which won a county-seat vote in 1875 but lost the seat to Papillion. In 1873 he had bought land where he expected a railroad, and when the Missouri Pacific built through in 1881 the town was laid out on his land that fall; nine buildings moved over from Sarpy Center. The name comes from the springs in the area. Springfield had about 300 people by 1882 and 400 in 1890.

The Works Progress Administration built the sandstone Springfield Community Hall in 1938–40; it is on the National Register. The Missouri Pacific line became the MoPac Trail, which crosses the Platte to South Bend on the Lied Platte River Bridge. The population reached its peak of 1,529 in 2010.

Highways and trails through Springfield

Route	One way	Other way
NE 50Through town; divided north of Springfield	North to NE 370, I-80 (exit 440) and Millard	South to NE 31 and across the Platte to Louisville (about 6 mi)

Nearby towns

Sarpy Center	about 2.6 mi northeast	County roads
Richfield	about 3.5 mi northeast	County roads
Louisville	about 6 mi south-southwest	NE 50
Cedar Creek	about 3.1 mi south-southeast	County roads
Papillion	about 7 mi northeast	NE 50 and NE 370
Chalco	about 7 mi north	NE 50
Gretna	about 7 mi northwest	County roads
Melia	about 8 mi west	County roads
South Bend	about 8 mi southwest	MoPac Trail
Omaha	about 16 mi northeast	NE 50 and I-80

Things to see

Springfield Community Hall, 104 Main St. (1938–40; National Register) · the Sarpy County Fairgrounds, 100 Main St., home of the Sarpy County Fair (July 29–August 2 in 2026) · the MoPac Trail south to the Lied Platte River Bridge and South Bend · Springfield Days in early June · Springfield Memorial Library, 665 Main St.

Events in Springfield

Sarpy County Fair
Sarpy County Fair, a county fair in Papillion, Nebraska.
Springfield Days
Springfield's early-June town festival with a Main Street parade, 5K, car show, duck races and fireworks.

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Schools and health care

Schools: Springfield Platteview Community Schools: Springfield Elementary, 940 Main St.; Platteview Central Junior High and Platteview Senior High, 14801 S. 108th St. (Springfield address, east of town)

Health care: No hospital in Springfield; CHI Health Midlands in Papillion is about 9 miles by road

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); History Nebraska; National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Papio-Missouri River NRD; Nebraska Department of Transportation; city, school and hospital websites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.