Springfield Massachusetts
| Springfield, Massachusetts | |||||||||
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Clockwise from top: The Springfield skyline, The Puritan statue of pioneer Samuel Chapin by Augustus St. Gaudens, the Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Hampden County Memorial Bridge overlooking the Connecticut River, Court Square Historic District, and Symphony Hall
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| Nickname(s): The City of Firsts; The City of Progress; The City of Homes; A City in the Forest; Hoop City; The Western Gateway to New England |
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 Location in Hampden County in Massachusetts |
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 Springfield, Massachusetts
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| Coordinates: 42°06′05″N 72°35′25″W / 42.10139°N 72.59028°W | |||||||||
| Country |  United States |
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 Massachusetts
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 Hampden
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| Settled (town) | May 14, 1636 | ||||||||
| Incorporated (city) | May 25, 1852 | ||||||||
| Founded by | William Pynchon | ||||||||
| Named for | Springfield, Essex | ||||||||
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| • Type | Mayor-council city | ||||||||
| • Mayor | Domenic Sarno (D) | ||||||||
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| • City | 86.0 km2 (33.2 sq mi) | ||||||||
| • Land | 83.1 km2 (32.1 sq mi) | ||||||||
| • Water | 2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Elevation | 21 m (70 ft) | ||||||||
| Population (2010) | |||||||||
| • City | 153,060 | ||||||||
| • Density | 1,841.9/km2 (4,768.2/sq mi) | ||||||||
| • Metro | 698,903 | ||||||||
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) | ||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) | ||||||||
| ZIP code | 01101, 01103–01105, 01107–01109, 01118-01119, 01128–01129, 01151 | ||||||||
| Area code(s) | 413 | ||||||||
| FIPS code | 25-67000 | ||||||||
| GNIS feature ID | 0609092 | ||||||||
| Website | www |
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Springfield is a city in western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. As of the 2010 Census, the city's population was 153,060.Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts (the other being Greater Boston), had an estimated population of 698,903 as of 2009.
The first Springfield in the New World, it is the largest city in Western New England, and the urban, economic, and cultural capital of Massachusetts' Connecticut River Valley (colloquially known as the Pioneer Valley). It is the third-largest city in Massachusetts and fourth-largest in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence. Springfield has several nicknames – The City of Firsts, because of its many innovations (see below for a partial list); The City of Homes, due to its Victorian residential architecture; and Hoop City, as basketball – one of the world's most popular sports – was invented in Springfield by James Naismith.
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