Westfield
Westfield is an unincorporated community and former coal mining town in Jefferson County, Alabama. It was a coal mining camp for Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. that was purchased by U.S. Steel and developed as a planned steel worker community that was predominantly African American.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community and former coal mining town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
- Also known as: “Westfield, AL”, “Westfield, Alabama”, and “Westfield, Jefferson County, Alabama”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Miles Memorial College and Faith Chapel Christian Center.
Miles Memorial College
College
Miles College is a private historically black college in Fairfield, Alabama. Founded in 1898, it is associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and a member of the United Negro College Fund. Miles Memorial College is situated 2 miles east of Westfield.
Faith Chapel Christian Center
Church
Faith Chapel is a non-denominational, Christian, megachurch located in Birmingham, Alabama. The congregation, though largely African American, also consists of a variety of individuals from various ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Faith Chapel Christian Center is situated 2 miles north of Westfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairfield and Pleasant Grove.
Fairfield
Town
Pleasant Grove
Village
Pleasant Grove is a city in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham metropolitan area. The population was 9,544 at the 2020 census. Pleasant Grove is situated 2 miles west of Westfield.
Dolomite
Hamlet
Dolomite is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Today much of the community's residential neighborhoods lie within the corporate limits of the City of Birmingham and much of its business district lie within the corporate limits of the City of Hueytown. Dolomite is situated 2 miles southwest of Westfield.
Westfield
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.48455° or 33° 29′ 4″ north
Longitude
-86.94055° or 86° 56′ 26″ west
Elevation
571 feet (174 metres)
Open location code
865MF3M5+RQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Westfield” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Westfield”
- Czech: “Westfield”
- Dutch: “Westfield”
- French: “Westfield (Alabama)”
- French: “Westfield”
- German: “Westfield”
- Italian: “Westfield”
- Persian: “وستفیلد”
- Slovak: “Westfield”
- Spanish: “Westfield (Alabama)”
- Spanish: “Westfield”
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