Springfield is a statutory town, county seat, and most populous town in Baca County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2020 census. Frank and Jim Tipton settled in Las Animas, Colorado in 1886. In 1888 or 1889, the Tiptons secured the title to 80 acres which was the original townsite. They did this using a "soldiers script" and name…
Springfield is a statutory town, county seat, and most populous town in Baca County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2020 census. Frank and Jim Tipton settled in Las Animas, Colorado in 1886. In 1888 or 1889, the Tiptons secured the title to 80 acres which was the original townsite. They did this using a "soldiers script" and named the town after Springfield, Missouri, since this is where the Tipton brothers had come from.
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