Place:Westfield, Hamilton, Indiana, United States

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Name
Westfield
Alternate names
Westville     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS18018331)
Type
Town
Coordinates
40.032°N 86.129°W
Located in
Hamilton, Indiana, United States

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Westfield is a town in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 9,293 at the 2000 census.

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Westfield was founded on May 6, 1834 by Asa Bales, Ambrose Osborne and Nathan Parker, all Quakers from North Carolina. It is believed that the town was planned as a stop on the Underground Railroad with many families of the Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist churches supporting the cause. When the laws against aiding escaped slaves were harshened, part of the Westfield Quakers split into the Anti-Slavery Friends meeting. More on Westfield, IN on the website of the Westfield-Washington Historical Society [1]

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