Open, held on seven occasions at Baltusrol, most recently in 1993. It has also hosted other golf major championships, including the U.S. Springfield is the home of the Baltusrol Golf Club, which was the host to the 2016 PGA Championship. The Battle of Springfield was fought here, the last of many battles of the American Revolutionary War to be fought in New Jersey.
The township's name derives from springs and brooks in the area. Other portions of the township have been taken to form New Providence Township (November 8, 1809, now known as Berkeley Heights), Livingston (February 5, 1813), Summit (March 23, 1869) and Cranford (March 14, 1871). It became part of the newly formed Union County on March 19, 1857, with portions remaining in Essex County used to create Millburn.
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 as one of New Jersey's first 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798.
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