Contents – 1873 Springfield Directory
Introduction	Cover and Introduction by the Publishers
Census	Page 6 – Recent census of city
Adv Index	Page 7 – Index to Advertisers
Sketch	Pages 9-25  Brief history, city officials, police force, ward boundaries, county officers, public school officials, teachers and enrollment statistics for 1872, Post Office, Lodges, Churches, Associations and Societies, Church Societies, Newspapers.
Streets	Description of street locations.
Notices	Pages 27-56  EDITORIAL NOTICES: Being A Glance At The Prominent Manufacturers, Business and Professional Men of Springfield.
Abbreviations	Page 57  Abbreviations used in this directory and explanation of changes made by transcriber to spreadsheet format.
A-Z	Pages 57-158  List of Residents
	Column 1  Last name
	Column 2  First name
	Column 3  Race: C=”colored”; “-”=none given
	Column 4  R=resides  Bds=Boards
	Column 5  Location of residence
	Column 6  Occupation/title/situation
	Column 7  Business/firm/employer
	Column 8  Location of business
Businesses	The classified business directory (Pages 161-180) has been combined with businesses from the list of residents so there is now one alphabetic list of businesses.
Map	NOTE: A map (of sorts) has been included by the transcriber to aid those unfamiliar with 1873 Springfield. It is not to scale and I am not certain of the positions of the old Gilmore and Kickapoo streets.