Springfield is the largest city on the Connecticut River, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

In the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 154,082. It is the third largest city in Massachusetts and fourth largest in New England (behind Boston, Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island). Springfield holds two nicknames - The City of Homes and The City of Firsts.

Historically the first Springfield in the United States, it is also the largest city in Western Massachusetts and the Pioneer Valley.

Springfield is notable as birthplace of Theodor Seuss Geisel,...

Springfield is the largest city on the Connecticut River, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

In the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 154,082. It is the third largest city in Massachusetts and fourth largest in New England (behind Boston, Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island). Springfield holds two nicknames - The City of Homes and The City of Firsts.

Historically the first Springfield in the United States, it is also the largest city in Western Massachusetts and the Pioneer Valley.

Springfield is notable as birthplace of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, as well as the city in which James Naismith invented basketball. It is home to the Basketball Hall of Fame and the Springfield Falcons American Hockey League hockey team. It also holds the western world's largest collection of Chinese cloisonn?? at the The Quadrangle.

The Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area consists of three counties - Hampden, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and Franklin County, Massachusetts. As of the United States Census, 2000, the Springfield MSA had a population of 680,014 (though a July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 682,657). It is also part of a larger metropolitan area known as the BosWash.