Westfield, Staten Island

Westfield was a town in Richmond County, New York. It was incorporated in 1788 as one of the four original towns of Staten Island. It was dissolved in 1898 upon consolidation into the City of New York.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Franklin B. Hough (1872), "Richmond County", Gazetteer of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y: Andrew Boyd, OCLC 18450990
↑ Hartman, Barry. "An Island Within a Cty". A Walk Around Staten Island. WNET 13. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

Former municipalities of New York City

Kings County	City of Brooklyn (1646–1898) Bushwick (1661–1854) Flatbush (1652–1894) Flatlands (1647–1896) Gravesend (1645–1894) New Lots (1852–1886) New Utrecht (1657–1894) City of Williamsburgh (1827–1854)

New York County	City of New York (1625–1898) New Harlem (1658–66)

Queens County	Flushing (1645-1898) Hempstead (part, 1898) Jamaica (1656–1898) Long Island City (1870–1898) Newtown (1652–1898)

Richmond County	Castleton (1788–1898) Northfield (1788–1898) Middletown (1860–98) Southfield (1788–1898) Westfield (1788–1898)

Westchester County	Eastchester (part, 1895) Kingsbridge (1873–74) Morrisania (1855–74) Pelham (part, 1895) Westchester (1788–1895) West Farms (1846–1874)

Municipalities are towns unless otherwise noted. Timeline of town creation in Downstate New York

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