Springfield, Minnesota
SPRINGFIELD, MINNESOTA
John and Daniel Burns were pioneer settlers
in this area of Brown County. Burnstown Town-
ship was name in their honor.
Railroad construction advanced westward and
the name of thestation stop here in 1873
was "Burns." A small settlement developed
around this and a plat of the village was
filed in 1877.
Two years later the community had two hundred
fifty inhabitants, four stores, over a dozen
other businesses -- plus a school, two churches
and a doctor.
The village was incorporated in 1881 and the
name changed by legislative act. A prominent
businessman selected the name "Springfield"
because there was a large, flowing spring on
the townsite.
A Home Rule Charter was adopted in 1923 when
the village became the City of Springfield
Erected by the Brown County Historical Society - June 1981