Little did we know that we were going to be driving through a Springfield when we were in Western PA, but then we came upon a little sign. Also ignorant were we to the fact that indeed, there are townships, boroughs, and villages sometimes all with the same name in the same state. For example Spfld. wasn't really city, town, or village of, but merely a township, of which there are 9 separate Spfld. townships in PA. Sounds like a lot until you start counting the big name ones like Washington (22), Franklin (19), Jackson (18- as an aside, I personally loathe that man + am disheartened that PA saw fit to name that many townships after him), Union (18), Penn (13). Spfld. shares a # position w/ Jefferson and Perry (whoever that was).
I know little of where the other townships were, only that ours was in Fayette County, far down South in the West of PA. Heck we were a spit away from W. VA, and man did it ever feel like it. Do you remember William Penn + his state as the "Holy Experiment"? The place where religious wierdos- cast outs from their countries, were to come to be pietists, pacifists, and create communities based on their interpretations of the New Testament. Where they were to purify themselves and get ready for the 2nd coming of Christ? Well, I think they were still doing that in W.PA over 300+ yrs. later. I think the Quakers left the area, leaving people of simple lives trying to live in pure faith. So here is what we saw:
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