Springfield, Massachusetts

E20696
city

Springfield, Massachusetts is a historic city in western Massachusetts known as the birthplace of basketball and a former industrial and transportation hub along the Connecticut River.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Springfield, Massachusetts canonical 84
Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area 32
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States 26

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
areaCode 413 ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 42.1015 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude -72.5898 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Hampden County, Massachusetts ⓘ
founder William Pynchon ⓘ
foundingDate 1636 ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden ⓘ
Springfield Museums ⓘ
hasMuseum Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
hasPark Forest Park ⓘ
hasUniversity American International College ⓘ
Bay Path University (mainly based in nearby Longmeadow, with facilities in Springfield) ⓘ
Springfield College ⓘ
Western New England University ⓘ
hasZoo The Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center ⓘ
historicalIndustry firearms manufacturing ⓘ
machinery manufacturing ⓘ
transportation equipment ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1852 ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown 1636 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Hampden County, Massachusetts ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of basketball ⓘ
industrial history ⓘ
transportation hub along the Connecticut River ⓘ
locatedIn Western Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Springfield, Massachusetts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts
locatedOnRiver Connecticut River ⓘ
majorHighway Interstate 90 ⓘ
Interstate 91 ⓘ
U.S. Route 20 ⓘ
majorRiver Connecticut River ⓘ
Westfield River ⓘ
militaryFacility Springfield Armory National Historic Site ⓘ
surface form: Springfield Armory
namedAfter Springfield, Essex, England ⓘ
nickname Hoop City ⓘ
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: The Birthplace of Basketball

The City of Homes ⓘ
notablePersonAssociated James Naismith ⓘ
populationRankInMassachusetts third-largest city in Massachusetts ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 011 ⓘ
railHubFor Amtrak ⓘ
railStation Springfield Union Station ⓘ
sportInventedThere basketball ⓘ
sportsHallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
state Massachusetts ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (147)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts → contains → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
New England → majorCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Pioneer Valley → contains → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Lake Shore Limited → via → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Springfield, Ohio, United States → namedAfter → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
American Hockey League → headquartersLocation → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts Turnpike → connects → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame → locatedIn → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame → headquartersLocation → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame → foundingLocation → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Springfield, Illinois → namedAfter → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Western Massachusetts → largestCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Western Massachusetts → containsCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
William Marsh Rice → birthPlace → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
William Marsh Rice → residence → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Boston and Maine Railroad → servedCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Portland Pirates → relocationCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Herbert Blomstedt → placeOfBirth → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Springfield, Massachusetts → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Springfield, Massachusetts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts
Northampton, Massachusetts → near → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Amtrak Northeast Regional → serves → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Amtrak Northeast Regional → startPoint → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Amherst, Massachusetts → partOfMetropolitanArea → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area
Holyoke, Massachusetts → partOf → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area
Alan Kay → placeOfBirth → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States → isPartOfMetropolitanArea → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Ashfield, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area
Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts → city → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Springfield Armory National Historic Site → locatedIn → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Timothy Leary → placeOfBirth → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Northeast Regional → terminus → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Hampshire County, Massachusetts → partOfMetropolitanArea → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area
Hampden County, Massachusetts → countySeat → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Hampden County, Massachusetts → largestCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Hampden County, Massachusetts → partOfMetropolitanArea → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area
Hampden County, Massachusetts → containsCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
American International College → city → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Vermonter (train) → servesCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Vermonter
National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts → locatedIn → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Springfield Armory (historic site)
Connecticut River → hasCityOnRiver → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts → hasLocation → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
James Naismith → placeOfInvention → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
James Naismith → workLocation → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Chester Bowles → placeOfBirth → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Donald Davidson → placeOfBirth → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Eddie Shore → placeOfDeath → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Mass Pike → passesThrough → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Springfield Thunderbirds → locatedIn → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Springfield Thunderbirds → homeCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) in parts of Massachusetts → connects → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Massachusetts Turnpike
Bradley International Airport → servesCity → Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ