Westfield

is a village situated on the southwest quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter of section 29, the southeast quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of section 30, the north half of the northeast quarter of section 31, and the north half of the northwest quarter of section 32 in Westfield Township. It is located in the northwest corner of Clark County near the Coles and Edgar County lines, about 10 miles north of Casey and 10 miles SE or Charleston, on route 49 and the Dayton, Hamilton & Cincinnati R. R.  It was platted in 1839 by Colonel Archer.

It received it's name from the fact that it lies at the extreme northwest of the County.

A post office was established at Westfield on June 18, 1840.  The village was incorporated on Aug. 31, 1875.  It was the site of the Westfield College from 1861 to 1914, from which the village received much of its prosperity.  In 1900, Westfield had a bank, five churches and two newspapers, and its population was 820.