Editing Westfield, Indiana (section)

== History ==
Westfield was founded on May 6, 1834, by [[North Carolina]] [[Quakers]] Asa Bales, Ambrose Osborne, and Simon Moon.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8wWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA235 | title=History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions, Volume 1 | publisher=B.F. Bowen & Co. | author=Haines, John F. | year=1915 | pages=235–237}}</ref> It is believed that the town was planned as a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]] with many families of the [[Religious Society of Friends]] and the [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (United States)|Wesleyan Methodist Church]] supporting the cause. When the laws against aiding escaped slaves were made harsher, part of the Westfield Quaker [[Friends Meeting House]] split off into the [[History of the United States (1789–1849)#Anti-slavery movements|Anti-Slavery Friends]] meeting.

Westfield was incorporated as a town in 1848.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryformati00shirgoog | title=A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana: From the Year 1818 to the Close of the Civil War | author=Shirts, Augustus Finch | year=1901 | page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistoryformati00shirgoog/page/n212 207]| publisher=Shirts }}</ref>

On January 1, 2008, Westfield was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a city, and Andy Cook was sworn in as [[mayor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/LOCAL/801050308/1114/LOCAL0103 |title=DEAD LINK |website=Indianapolis Star |access-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051027/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080105%2FLOCAL%2F801050308%2F1114%2FLOCAL0103 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> With recent [[annexation]]s in southern [[Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana|Washington Township]] and rapid population growth in areas previously within the town limits, the city population in 2010 (30,068) was more than triple that of 2000 (9,293). Because of the growing size of the city, officials are planning a major revitalization of city's downtown. New additions to downtown Westfield are expected to include a new library and city hall.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edencollaborative.com/PP21_Westfield.pdf |title=DEAD LINK |access-date=July 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313124851/http://edencollaborative.com/pp21_westfield.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The [[Union High Academy Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1995.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

In 2014, the city opened [[Grand Park (Indiana)|Grand Park Sports Complex]] which hosted the [[2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament]].