It has also hosted other golf major championships, including the U.S. Open, held on seven occasions at Baltusrol, most recently in 1993.

The British, under Hessian General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, advanced from Elizabethtown about 5 o'clock in the morning.

They were opposed by General Nathanael Greene, but owing to the superior number of the enemy he was compelled to evacuate Springfield, which was then burned by the British.

[26] Some historical landmarks from the Revolution still stand: the Cannon Ball House, which has since been converted into a museum, was (according to the township's official website) "Built circa 1741 and served as a farmhouse at the time of the Revolutionary War.

It was one of only three buildings left standing when all others including the Presbyterian Church where Reverend James Caldwell had taken Watts hymnbooks for rifle wadding, were set on fire.

It has become known as The Cannon Ball House because a cannonball was found on the west side embedded in a beam.

The Cannon Ball House has five revolutionary era rooms, some American Civil War items, early tools, a Battle diorama and a colonial garden.

A statue of a Continental soldier was erected in 1903 at the site of the smallest state park in New Jersey.

[1][2] The Township of Springfield is located on the northern edge of Union County and is bordered by Millburn to the north in Essex County, by Union Township to the east, by Kenilworth to the southeast, by Westfield and Cranford to the south, by Mountainside to the southwest and by Summit to the northwest.

[30][31][32] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Baltusrol, Branch Mills and Milltown.

[34] Parks include: The 2010 United States census counted 15,817 people, 6,511 households, and 4,265 families in the township.

[49] As of the 2000 United States census[16] there were 14,429 people, 6,001 households, and 4,014 families residing in the township.

[59][60][61] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 7th congressional district is represented by Thomas Kean Jr. (R, Westfield).

[63] For the 2024-2025 session, the 21st legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Jon Bramnick (R, Westfield) and in the General Assembly by Michele Matsikoudis (R, New Providence) and Nancy Munoz (R, Summit).

[65] As of 2025[update], Union County's County Commissioners are: Rebecca Williams (D, Plainfield, 2025),[66] Joesph Bodek (D, Linden, 2026),[67] James E. Baker Jr. (D, Rahway, 2027),[68] Michele Delisfort (D, Union Township, 2026),[69] Sergio Granados (D, Elizabeth, 2025),[70] Bette Jane Kowalski (D, Cranford, 2025),[71] Vice Chair Lourdes M. Leon (D, Elizabeth, 2026),[72] Alexander Mirabella (D, Fanwood, 2027)[73] and Chair Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded (D, Westfield, 2027).

[74][75] Constitutional officers elected on a countywide basis are: Clerk Joanne Rajoppi (D, Union Township, 2025),[76][77] Sheriff Peter Corvelli (D, Kenilworth, 2026)[78][79] and Surrogate Christopher E. Hudak (D, Clark, 2027).

[82] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 63.7% (vs. 53.3% in Union County) were registered to vote, including 80.7% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 70.6% countywide).

For instance, the township's high school is named after Jonathan Dayton, a signer of the United States Constitution.

Parking is available for a fee at a municipal lot near the center of town (Hannah Street and Center Street) and in the Duffy's Corner lot at Morris and Caldwell Place, which provide easy access to all NJ Transit buses that run through town.

The 70 bus provides access from the center of town to NJ Transit's Summit and Millburn stations; Eastbound it terminates at NJ Transit's Newark Penn Station with connections to Amtrak, NJ Transit trains to New York Penn Station, and Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) trains.

The township also runs a jitney that operates on weekdays during morning and evening rush hours from the community pool to NJ Transit's Short Hills station.

[114] NJ Transit buses 65, 66 and 70 (to Newark), the 114 (to Midtown Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal) and local service on the 52 route also run along the town's major roadways.