Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1960 on and old-book passages.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Westfield’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Westfield yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
The Town of Westfield is located in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 582 at the 2020 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 571 in 2010, 582 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Westfield, cut from the printed page as they were published.
She m. May 13, 1731, Dea. Dantel Kellogg, b. Dec. 16, 1704, s. of Stephen and Lydia (Belding) Kellogg of Westfield. He was one of the first settlers of Sheffield, Mass., being a resident there at the date of his marriage, but d. in Westfield, Jan. 11, 1756, ». 52, as is supposed, while on his return from some military expedition. He is thought td have been a deacon of the Sheffield Cong, church.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
John Noblb, s. of Mark, was b. in Westfield, Mass., Dec. 21, 1706, and d. in Sonthwick, Mass., Mch. 3, 1776, e. 74. He was one of the first settlers, in that part of Westfield, which, in 1770, became Southwick, Mass., removing thither about 1734. He there resided in the village of Longyard, on the same place where his great-grandson, John Leroy Noble, now, 1877, lives. He joined Westfield church, April 11, 1736, but having become a Separate, was cat off, Sept 5, 1750. He subsequently preached to the
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Westfield. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Westfield.
Nobody well known was born in Westfield itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
