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Welcome to West Northfield ...

West Northfield is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Northfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

A typical abbreviation for West Northfield: W. Northfield

West Northfield is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: West Northfield lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named West Northfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Northfield - it's located in Nova Scotia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Northfield.

Communities near West Northfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Northfield.

  • Keene
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Athol
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Brattleboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brattleboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brattleboro
    • Brattleboro is located in Windham County (VT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,257 people
  • Montague
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Orange
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Swanzey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Deerfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Winchester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hinsdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hinsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
    • Hinsdale is located in Cheshire County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hinsdale <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around West Northfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Northfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Northfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Northfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Northfield. See our Newspapers Page for West Northfield.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Northfield ...

Looking for more information about West Northfield? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to West Northfield, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Northfield.

Adding West Northfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Northfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for West Northfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the West Northfield post office opened in 1849.

We also found West Northfield in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Northfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Northfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/