Springfield (Vermont)
Windsor County
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Springfield is a town in Windsor County in the U.S. state of Vermont. The population is 9,373 (as of 2010 ). The film, which made them almost to the official home of the yellow family - the little town by the premiere of the movie The Simpsons became known.
Geography
The city has a total area of 128.1 km ², of which 99.7 % agriculture and 0.3 % water.
History and Economics
Springfield was founded in 1791. The city is located in the so-called Precision Valley, which was a center of the machine tool industry in Vermont.
1888 was the company Jones and Lamson Machine Tool. This was developed under the leadership of James Hartness gorgeous, what was more start-ups result. During World War II, the machines from Springfield proved so important that the city was designated as a possible target for bombing.
In Springfield is still the 1790 finished Eureka Schoolhouse, the oldest schoolhouse in Vermont.
Springfield won the tendered by 20th Century Fox competition the theatrical release of the film as Simpson Springfields closest city.
Train
In Springfield, there are three primary schools (element aries), a secondary school ( middle school ) and a high school. Furthermore, there is the River Valley Technical Center.
Population Development
Sons and daughters of the town
- Daric Barton, professional baseball player
- George M. Darrow, Pomologe
- Helen Hartness Flanders, collector of folk ballads from New England
- Walbridge A. Field, politicians
- Dudley C. Haskell, politicians
- Charles B. Hoard, politicians
- James Kochalka, cartoon artist and rock musician
- Russell W. Porter, polar explorers and artists
Well-known residents
- Karen Arthur, film and television director
- Ralph Flanders, a mechanical engineer, businessman and politician
- James Hartness, engineer, aviator and politician
- Joseph B. Johnson, politician
- Lewis R. Morris, politicians
- Kenny Johnson, actor
- Albert Lovejoy Gutterson, Athlete, Olympic champion in the long jump in 1912