SPRINGVILLE – A PLACE THAT USED TO BE

Springville seems to have been named for a large spring that was at this location.  The spring is shown on the plat of Rancho Santa Clara del Norte, surveyed in 1860.  The spring was probably part of the attraction that brought settlers who started the town here in the late ‘60s.  By 1878 there were two general stores, a blacksmith shop, a comfortable hotel, a restaurant and two feed stables.  When the railroad reached Saticoy in 1897, Springville lost part of its business.  Then, with the establishment of Camarillo in 1900 and the railroad there in 1902, Springville had reached its end.  Springville was located on the present Ventura Freeway, where it would be intersected by Wood Road if that were continued north of the Air Force Base.  A post office was established August 24, 1875 and discontinued November 30, 1903.