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36.603438, -82.212635
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We found 41 communities that are also named Westfield.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Westfield.
Beyond Virginia, we know of 39 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Albemarle County
This Westfield is located in Albemarle County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Westfield.
Salem City
This Westfield is located in Salem City and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Westfield.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Westfield is located in Jefferson County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Westfield.
Tallapoosa County
This Westfield is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Westfield.
California
Los Angeles County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Westfield [Los Angeles County].
Tulare County
This Westfield is located in Tulare County and lies 2,036 miles [3,276.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Westfield.
Connecticut
Middlesex County
This Westfield is located in Middlesex County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Westfield.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Westfield is located in New Castle County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Westfield.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Westfield is located in Bibb County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Westfield.
Cobb County
This Westfield is located in Cobb County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Westfield.
Illinois
Clark County
This Westfield is located in Clark County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Westfield.
Cook County
This Westfield is located in Cook County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Westfield.
Will County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Westfield [Will County].
Indiana
Hamilton County
This Westfield is located in Hamilton County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Westfield.
Saint Joseph County
This Westfield is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Westfield.
Iowa
Plymouth County
This Westfield is located in Plymouth County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Westfield.
Poweshiek County
This Westfield is located in Poweshiek County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poweshiek County community of Westfield.
Kansas
Decatur County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Westfield [Decatur County].
McPherson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Westfield [McPherson County].
Wyandotte County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Westfield [Wyandotte County].
Louisiana
Assumption Parish
This Westfield is located in Assumption Parish and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Assumption Parish community of Westfield.
Maine
Aroostook County
This Westfield is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Westfield.
Massachusetts
Hampden County
This Westfield is located in Hampden County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Westfield.
Mississippi
Holmes County
This Westfield is located in Holmes County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Westfield.
Missouri
Dallas County
This Westfield is located in Dallas County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Westfield.
New Brunswick
This Westfield lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<1> to the northeast.
New Jersey
Union County
This Westfield is located in Union County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Westfield.
New York
Chautauqua County
This Westfield is located in Chautauqua County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Westfield.
North Carolina
Surry County
This Westfield is located in Surry County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Westfield.
North Dakota
Emmons County
This Westfield is located in Emmons County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmons County community of Westfield.
Nova Scotia
This Westfield lies 1,048 miles [1,686.6 km]<1> to the northeast.
Ohio
Columbiana County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Westfield [Columbiana County].
Morrow County
This Westfield is located in Morrow County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Westfield.
Ontario
This Westfield lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the north.
Pennsylvania
Tioga County
This Westfield is located in Tioga County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Westfield.
Texas
Harris County
This Westfield is located in Harris County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Westfield.
Wharton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Westfield [Wharton County].
Vermont
Orleans County
This Westfield is located in Orleans County and lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Westfield.
Washington
Douglas County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Westfield [Douglas County].
West Virginia
Lewis County
This Westfield is located in Lewis County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Westfield.
Wisconsin
Marquette County
This Westfield is located in Marquette County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Westfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westfield ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Westfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westfield and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Westfield to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 323 miles [519.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Westfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Westfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6034, Longitude: -82.2126 In this case, the coordinates for Westfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.027 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.676 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.647 degrees.