Editing Westfield, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town had a total area of 6.74 square miles (17.46&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 6.72 square miles (17.42&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.02 square miles (0.05&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.28%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Germantown and Tamaques Reservation Mill.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

Six municipalities border the town of Westfield: [[Mountainside, New Jersey|Mountainside]] to the north, [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield Township]] to the northeast, [[Garwood, New Jersey|Garwood]] and [[Cranford, New Jersey|Cranford]] to the east, [[Clark, New Jersey|Clark]] to the southeast, and [[Scotch Plains, New Jersey|Scotch Plains]] to the west and southwest.<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/552336/touches.html Areas touching Westfield], MapIt. Accessed March 11, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://ucnj.org/municipal-profiles/ Union County Municipal Profiles], [[Union County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 11, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

The upper reaches of the [[Rahway River Parkway]] run through the township along tributaries of the [[Rahway River]].<ref>[https://www.rahwayriverparkway.org/our-parks Our Parks], Friends of Rahway River Parkway. Accessed April 25, 2021.</ref>

The [[Robinsons Branch|Robinson's Branch]] of the [[Rahway River]] additionally flows through the southern portion of Westfield en route to the [[Robinson's Branch Reservoir]], also known as the [[Robinson's Branch Reservoir|Clark Reservoir]].

It is located about one hour from Manhattan.