Westfield Center, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Westfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44251. The Survey maps it on the Westfield Center quadrangle. 1,184 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.

Westfield Center within Medina County

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Westfield Center, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Westfield Center, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

On record in Westfield Center

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Universalist Church Of Westfield Centerlisted 1978

Population over time

2 figures

Westfield Center grew from 1,115 to 1,184 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	1,115
2020	1,184	+69 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1904 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1906 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Leroy quadrangle1:24000
1961 USGS Westfield Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Westfield Center quadrangle1:24000

In the county-history sources

16,017 words on this township

History of Medina County and Ohio, Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Medina County, Giving an Account of Its Aboriginal Inhabitants ... Pioneer Incidents, Its Growth, Its Improvements, Organization of the County ... Biographical Sketches; Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc., Etc. .., published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Westfield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Jefferson Co., Ohio. She was a daughter of William and Anna (Elliot) Stone, both of Irish descent. Mrs. Hyatt was the second of a family of four children, herself and three brothers. To Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt have been born two children - Anna and Jennie. He and wife are both members of the United Brethren Church. In the earlier part of his life, was identified with the Democratic party, but of late years has affiliated with the Republican party.

Passage source: History of Medina County and Ohio, Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Medina County, Giving an Account of Its Aboriginal Inhabitants ... Pioneer Incidents, Its Growth, Its Improvements, Organization of the County ... Biographical Sketches; Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc., Etc. .., published 1881.

Barbara, Mrs. Theodore Bucher, in Cleveland ; Adam, in New York ; Sarah. Mrs. Frank Mack, of Cleveland. The grandfather of our subject, on the Kuder side, was George. He was born in Germany, and emigrated to Pennsylvania when he was young, the country being almost in a wilderness condition. Here he settled, and grew up with the county, and raised a numerous progeny. Sixteen children were the fruits of his marriage. About the year 1835, in the early part, George came West with his parents, who selected Sharon Township as their place of settlement, purchasing 100 acres, for which he paid $800. Raised upon a farm from his youth, our subject, after becoming his " own man," took to farming as a life business, which he has since followed. Mr. Kuder has been twice married ; his union with his first wife was of short duration. Her name was Matilda Woolford, a native of Wayne Co., Ohio, who died eleven months after marriage, leaving no issue. March 22, 18 49, he was married to his present wife, whose name was Sarah J. Frank, who was born in Canaan Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, Jan. 7, 1828, of a family of seven brothers and two sisters, eight of the number grew to be men and women. She was the eldest of the number. Of those living are Daniel, in Wayne ; Mary E., Mrs. Daniel Collier, of Summit Co. ; Isaiah, in Wadsworth ; Henry A., in Summit, and Hughs, in Sharon Township. Mrs. Kuder's father was one of the pioneers in that county ; his name was Peter Frank ; her mother's maiden name was Nancy Ball ; he was born June 23, 1789, in j Washington Co., Penn. ; she was born in Mary- ! land, and went to Pennsylvania when young. Mrs. Kuder was rocked in a sap-trough. Her father walked out from Pennsylvania and entered the land from the Government, and cleared up a farm in the woods. He lived until Feb. 8, 1872. She died March 23. 1864. Both were | members of the Reformed Church. Mr. Kuder's parents were members of the Lutheran Church. He died June, 1858. at the age of 63. Mr. Kuder has now 170 acres of land, and in state | of cultivation. His commencement in life was like many others who came West. He was poor ; had nothing to begin with for the first three years. He rented land ; finally purchased about 90 acres in the northeast part of the township, and, by diligence and careful management, assisted by his. prudent wife, he has made a I competence for himself and family during the | thirty years of his residence in the township. Of four children born them, but two are living - Ada L. and Marcia May. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kuder are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Westfield Center ; has good improvements, having recently built a substantial barn and rebuilt and remodeled his house, having now an excellent home, in which to enjoy the remainder of his days. To him have been born eleven children, eight of whom are living, who are Jacob, now in Butler Co., Penn., born May 5, 1840; Hannah, born March 1G, 1844; Lizzie, born Jan. 28, 1847 ; Katie, born 1849 ; Henry, born Sept 17, 1854 ; George, born Sept. 30, 1850 ; Julia, born March 20, 1858 ; Mar}', born Oct. 4, 1859; children all married and doing for themselves, with the exception of the youngest, who is unmarried and is one of the teachers of the township.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Westfield Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 288 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 288 specimens collected within 10 miles of Westfield Center between 1884 and 1975: 273 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Roberts, B Zahuranec & party, Bosler and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)	1890	not recorded
Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link	1894	Watson, J.R.	Medina Co.
Hinea Townsend, 1916	1897	J. Hine	Medina
Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758	1884	unknown	Medina
Halictus confusus confusus	1885	H. E. Summers	Medina
Lilium canadense L.	1888	E. Barrick	Chatham
Plantago cordata Lam.	1891	F. E. Lloyd	Selsville, north of Columbus
Vicia cracca L.	1895	Selby, A.D.	Lodi
Culicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901)	1897	J. Hine	Medina
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.	1898	Illegible collector name	Medina
Quiscalus quiscula versicolor Vieillot, 1819	1899	A. Roberts
Tabanus pruniosus Hine, 1900	1899	[Not Stated]	Medina

All 288 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Westfield Center: 8 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
76 Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Baker Sand, Incorporated Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Jones Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lodi Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Quillian Bros. Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Quillian Bros. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
Ramsier Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Ramsier Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Seville Sand and Gravel, Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Medina County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Friendsville	1.7 miles	13
Gloria Glens Park	2.9 miles	13
Chippewa Lake Park	3.2 miles	13
Chippewa Lake	3.4 miles	13
Chippewa-on-the-Lake	3.4 miles	13
Seville	3.9 miles	15
Briarwood Beach	4.0 miles	13
Evergreen Estates	4.1 miles	12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Westfield Center	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2486973	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061761. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.