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==History== Springfield was established in 1793 and probably named for [[Hot spring|springs]] in the area.<ref name='gaz'>{{cite web |url=http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ky-springfield.html |title=Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer: Springfield |access-date=2009-01-17 |publisher=[[University of Kentucky]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107032829/http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ky-springfield.html |archive-date=2009-01-07 }}</ref> The home of [[John Pope (Kentucky politician)|Senator John Pope]],<ref>{{cite web|title=John Pope House|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/00007335-81cb-475c-b717-fd0c7e672fb7|website=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=1 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001213530/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/00007335-81cb-475c-b717-fd0c7e672fb7|archive-date=1 October 2017}}</ref> [[Richard Berry Jr. House (Springfield, Kentucky)|Richard Berry Jr. House]] and the [[Mordecai Lincoln House (Springfield, Kentucky)|Mordecai Lincoln House]] are historic houses in Springfield listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Springfield, noted by filmmakers as Hollywood South, is the site of Kentucky's first and only movie sound stage. The Springfield Bonded Film Complex came about as a part of the burgeoning film industry in Kentucky, ushered in by the state's film tax credit. This tax credit has the distinction as the most generous in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmoffice.ky.gov/tax-incentives/incentive-summary/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231211902/http://filmoffice.ky.gov/tax-incentives/incentive-summary/ |archive-date=2017-12-31 }}</ref>
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