Do you know of Westfield ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Westfield. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Westfield.
Our sources for Westfield (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Westfield other than they indicate that Westfield would be found somewhere in Douglas County, Washington.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1889 and closed in 1892.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Westfield ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Westfield.
Within Washington, the name Westfield is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 38 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Westfield [Los Angeles County].
- Tulare County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Westfield [Tulare County].
- Connecticut
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Westfield [Middlesex County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Westfield [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Westfield [Clark County].
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Westfield [Cook County].
- Will County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Westfield [Will County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Decatur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> 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
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Westfield [Assumption Parish].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Westfield [Aroostook County].
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Westfield [Hampden County].
- Mississippi
- Holmes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Westfield [Holmes County].
- Missouri
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Westfield [Dallas County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Westfield.
- New Jersey
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Westfield [Union County].
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Westfield [Chautauqua County].
- North Carolina
- Surry County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westfield [Surry County].
- North Dakota
- Emmons County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Westfield [Emmons County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Westfield.
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Westfield [Columbiana County].
- Morrow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Westfield [Morrow County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Westfield.
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Westfield [Tioga County].
- Texas
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Westfield [Harris County].
- Wharton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Westfield [Wharton County].
- Vermont
- Orleans County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Westfield [Orleans County].
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westfield [Albemarle County].
- Bristol City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westfield [Bristol City].
- Salem City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westfield [Salem City].
- West Virginia
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Westfield [Lewis County].
- Wisconsin
- Marquette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Westfield [Marquette County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Westfield ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Westfield:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Westfield - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Douglas County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Douglas County.
| Barry | |
| Bonspur | Lincoln |
| Columbia River | Pearcot |
| Coulee City | |
| Sillco | |
| Hartline | |
| West Coulee | |
| Kenroy |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 county. 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |