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Today the city is the largest in western New England, and the urban, economic, and media capital of Massachusetts' section of the Connecticut River Valley, colloquially known as the Pioneer Valley. Johnson administration, today the national park site features the largest collection of historic American firearms in the world.

The city would also play a pivotal role in the Civil War, as a stop on the Underground Railroad and home of abolitionist John Brown, widely known for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and for the Armory's manufacture of the famed ' Springfield rifles' used ubiquitously by Union troops. Subsequently it was the site of Shays' Rebellion. In the late 1700s, during the American Revolution, Springfield was designated by George Washington as the site of the Springfield Armory because of its central location. Springfield was founded in 1636, the first Springfield in the New World. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts (the other being Greater Boston), had a population of 699,162 in 2020. state of Massachusetts and the 4th most populous city in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 155,929, making it the 3rd most populous city in the U.S. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River.

Springfield is the most populous city in and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

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