They did this using a "soldiers script" and named the town after Springfield, Missouri,[8] since this is where the Tipton brothers had come from.

[9] Springfield is located in north-central Baca County, approximately 30 miles north of the Oklahoma state line.

Springfield Municipal Airport (FAA ID: 8V7) is four miles north.

[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km2), all of it land.

[11] Springfield has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with hot summers featuring mild mornings and occasional heavy thunderstorm rains, and highly variable winters that range from very warm and windy to frigid and relatively still.

The Board of Trustees as of December 2020 consists of Tyler K Gibson (Mayor), Ervin Maltbie (Mayor Pro-Tem), and Trustees Ted Locke, Jim Howard, Mike Cooper, Dan McVey, and Christy Brady.