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| 1637 |
First Church founded by Rev. George Maxon |
| 1791 |
Methodist bishop Francis Asbury preached in Springfield |
| 1794 |
Baptist meeting reported |
| 1811 |
First Baptist Church established with 119 members |
| 1815-1818 |
Methodist Chapels Established |
| 1817 |
Episcopal meeting reported |
| 1818 |
Second Congregation Church of Unitarian beliefs |
| 1819 |
Asbury Chapel on Hickory Street established |
| 1823 |
Union Street Methodist Church established |
| 1827 |
St. Paul’s Universalist Church established |
| 1838 |
Christ Episcopal Church incorporated |
In 1839 the first railroad reached Springfield and the population grew.
| 1840s |
St. Benedicts Church on the Hill established by Irish immigrants (later called St. Michael’s Cathedral on State Street |
| 1842 |
South Congregational Church established as an offshoot of the First Congregational Church |
| September 29, 1843 |
St Matthew’s Church established |
| 1844 |
Pynchon Street Methodist Church established (later call the Trinity Church) |
| 1846 |
North Congregational Church established as an offshoot of the First Congregational Church |
| 1848 |
Evangelical Congregational Church in Indian Orchard established |
| 1850 |
First Spiritualist Society established (called a cult) |
| 1850 |
Several of the churches moved to the center of town |
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