When Captain Spearman's "Sarpy Center" wasn't made county seat, and the railroad also missed the town, he purchased land on the right-of-way and named it "Springfield." Pictured is the American State Bank corner, 1908. [SCHS] Above is the Springfield Hospital, at the right is Sarpy County's "most traveled building," built as a bank in Sarpy Center, moved twice in Springfield, and presently a home in Richfield.