Editing Springfield, Minnesota (section)

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Springfield, Minnesota
| settlement_type                 = [[City]]
| nickname                        = 
| motto                           = We have a lot to share!

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| image_caption                   = 
| image_flag                      = 
| image_seal                      =

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| image_map                       = Brown_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Springfield_Highlighted.svg
| map_caption                     = Location of Springfield<br/>within Brown County, Minnesota
| image_map1                      = 
| map_caption1                    =

<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Minnesota]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown]]

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| government_footnotes            = 
| government_type                 = Mayor &ndash; Council
| leader_title                    = Mayor
| leader_name                     = Lowell Helget
| established_title               = 
| established_date                =

<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                       = Imperial
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_27.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 4.86
| area_land_km2                   = 4.86
| area_water_km2                  = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi                = 1.88
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 1.88
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.00

<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est                  = 
| pop_est_as_of                   = 
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 2027
| population_density_km2          = 416.87
| population_density_sq_mi        = 1079.91
| pop_est_footnotes               =

<!-- General information -->
| timezone                        = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -6
| timezone_DST                    = CDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -5
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft                    = 1053
| coordinates                     = {{coord|44|14|13|N|94|58|55|W|region:US-MN|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 56087
| area_code                       = [[Area code 507|507]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 27-61816<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                     = 2395941<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2395941}}</ref>
| website                         = {{URL|www.springfieldmn.org}}
}}
[[File:ACOhouse.jpg|thumb|House of A.C.Ochs built of bricks from made by his company in Springfield.]]

'''Springfield''' is a city in [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The population was 2,152 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="2010 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table|work=American FactFinder|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 27, 2011}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 14 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 14]] serves as a main route in the community. This location is in the middle of some of Minnesota's most productive farmland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springfieldmn.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={78C13B25-52D5-48F2-B686-5F415CE1979B} |title=Community Profile |author=City of Springfield |date=February 16, 2011 |accessdate=April 22, 2011}}</ref> The city was home to Minnesota's sole brick plant up until its closure in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcmca.com/news-and-events/industry-news/minnesotas-brick-industry-hits-the-wall|title = Minnesota's Brick Industry Hits the Wall :: Minnesota Concrete & Mason Contractors Association}}</ref>