Westfield is an unincorporated community and former coal mining town in Jefferson County, Alabama.

[2] Star professional baseball player Willie Mays was born in Westfield in 1931.

[4] Early in businessman A. G. Gaston's career he worked in the mines around Westfield.

After his return from military service in Europe during World War I, he "was as a labourer with the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. in Westfield, Alabama where his interest in entrepreneurship began to surface.

"[6] Built for the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. (TCI), Westfield was subsequently purchased by U.S. Steel.