n.
City (pop., 2000: 151,580), southwestern Missouri, U.S. Settled in 1829, Springfield grew slowly until the period of heavy westward migration began in the U.S. Confederate forces held it briefly during the American Civil War , and Wild Bill Hickok lived there in the 1860s.
Its agriculture-based economy is augmented by its educational institutions. The international headquarters of the Assemblies of God church is in the city.