In 1669, "Westfield Massachusetts" was incorporated as an independent town; in 1920, it would be re-incorporated as a city.
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14 Facts About Westfield Massachusetts
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The name Westfield Massachusetts would be named for being at the time the most westerly settlement.
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From its founding until 1725, Westfield was the westernmost settlement in the Massachusetts Colony, and portions of it fell within the Equivalent Lands.
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At one point in the 19th century, Westfield Massachusetts was a prominent center of the buggy whip industry, and the city is still known as the "Whip City".
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In 1939, Westfield became the first city in Massachusetts, as well as all of New England, to elect a female Mayor when Alice Burke defeated incumbent Raymond H Cowing.
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Westfield Massachusetts is split into the "South Side" and the "North Side" by the Westfield Massachusetts River, and the northwestern section of town is known as Wyben.
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Westfield Massachusetts is situated at the western edge of the downfaulted Connecticut River Valley where the Westfield Massachusetts River emerges from the Berkshire Hills and flows through the center of the city on its way to the Connecticut River some 10 miles downstream.
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Westfield Massachusetts is bordered on the east by linear cliffs of volcanic trap rock known as East Mountain and Provin Mountain.
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The next road obstacle for hikers in Westfield is the Massachusetts Turnpike, beneath which hikers can safely walk.
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Westfield Massachusetts is on the fringe of the greater Northeast megalopolis—the most densely populated region of the United States—and has experienced substantial land development for suburban residential and commercial uses for the past six decades.
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Westfield Massachusetts is located 10 miles west of Springfield, 39 miles southeast of Pittsfield, 95 miles west of Boston, 30 miles north of Hartford, Connecticut, 76 miles southeast of Albany, New York, and 145 miles northeast of New York City.
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Westfield Massachusetts was involved in a mitigation action regarding water contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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Westfield Massachusetts Athenaeum is a free library that is open to the public.
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