Westfield Township Parks

For further Park information please contact
the Township: (330) 887-5562
Email: info@westfieldtownship.org
Park Reservation Form: Park Reservation Form

Westfield Township Park is located at the heart of both Westfield Township & the Village of Westfield Center. It is the grassy circle surrounding the gazebo at the intersection of Greenwich and Leroy roads. The park is available by reservation, free of charge, for scheduled events such as weddings, picnics, or other gatherings Click here for the Park Reservation Form. Electric is available at the gazebo with prior approval. Park Reservation Form may be viewed and printed from above & scheduled events may be viewed under availability calendar.

Please know that Township approval is required to schedule events, in order to avoid maintenance or other area event conflicts. To make a Park Reservation or for additional information, please call Westfield Township Municipal Complex at 330.887.5562 or call Trustee Jim Likley at 330-887-5644.

The park committee members are:
• Jim Likley, Westfield Township Trustee;
• Pat Edington, Village of Westfield Center Council Member
• Jill Daugherty, Westfield Township Resident.

History

Westfield Township Park is located in the Center of Westfield Township, as well as in the center of Westfield Center Village formerly known as LeRoy, Ohio.

James Fowler, one of the original township settlers, deeded the 4 acres to the Westfield Township Trustees in 1846. The one deed restriction is the land cannot be sold or transferred unless the township is dissolved.

Since the location was in the center of the township, the locals established a store/trading post, post office, school, and places of worship around the deeded park. The four (4) acres was left wooded to let horses rest and graze while residents shopped, traded or worshipped. At one point there was a fenced area and of course hitching posts along the perimeter. Now a large portion of the deeded area is roadway.

In the late 1990's a Park Committee was formed with 1 township trustee, 1 township resident, 1 Westfield Center Council person, 1 Westfield Center resident. This committee decides the maintenance, landscape design, and the planting of new trees. The cost of maintaining and planting is shared 50-50 between the township and the village.

In 2001 Westfield Township constructed the gazebo that is presently in the center of the park.

by Martha Evans