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Springfield Township is a township in Union County, New Jersey (ZIP Code 07081), within the New York metropolitan area, and is distinct from the Springfield Township in Burlington County.

Springfield was formed as a township on April 14, 1794, from portions of Elizabeth Township and Newark Township while the area was still part of Essex County, and was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's first 104 townships.

Springfield became part of the newly formed Union County on March 19, 1857, and portions of the original township were later taken to form New Providence, Livingston, Summit and Cranford.

The township's name derives from the springs and brooks found in the area.

The Battle of Springfield, fought here on June 23, 1780, was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War fought in New Jersey; General Nathanael Greene's Continental Army forces blocked the British advance on Morristown even though the British burned the town.

During the Battle of Springfield, the Reverend James Caldwell, chaplain of the New Jersey brigade, is said to have distributed the Watts hymn books from the neighboring Presbyterian Church among the soldiers for use as wadding, crying, "Now put Watts into them, boys."

The Cannon Ball House, built around 1741 and used by the British as a hospital during the battle, was one of only three buildings left standing when the British burned Springfield; acquired by the Springfield Historical Society in 1955, it is now a museum named for a cannonball found embedded in one of its beams.

A statue of a Continental Soldier erected in 1903 in front of Springfield's First Presbyterian Church stands at the site of the smallest state park in New Jersey.

The 2020 census counted 17,178 residents in Springfield Township, the highest population recorded at any decennial census in the township's history, and the 2010 census counted 6,511 households.

Springfield is home to the Baltusrol Golf Club, which hosted the 2016 PGA Championship and has hosted the U.S. Open on seven occasions, most recently in 1993.