Westfield, Texas

Westfield is an unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, United States, located along Interstate 45 and the Union Pacific Railroad nineteen miles (30 km) north of Downtown Houston.

[1] In 1846 Herman Tautenhahn, a German immigrant, built a general store near Cypress Station.

By 1876, Westfield was established; the community was named after Gadi F. West, a man who owned a field along the International–Great Northern Railroad.

The community included several sorghum manufacturers, three churches, three combination gristmill and cotton gins, one steam sawmill, and one school.

In 1905, Westfield became an overflow point for employees from the nearby Humble oil field.

In 1962 the store established by Tautenhahn, renamed Big T Shopping Center, moved to the intersection of F.M.

[13] Areas considered to be in Westfield are served by the Spring Independent School District.

Dekaney High School serves the areas considered to be "Westfield", "Greenspoint", and unincorporated Harris County.