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Westfield, Indiana was founded on the 6th of May 1834 by three North Carolina Quakers: Asa Bales, Ambrose Osborne, and Simon Moon. The town was planned as a stop on the Underground Railroad, supported by families of the Religious Society of Friends and the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Grand Park is the largest youth sports campus in the United States, located in Westfield, Indiana. It opened in 2014 and features 26 baseball and softball diamonds, 31 multipurpose fields, an indoor events center with three full-size fields, and an Indiana Pacers-named basketball and volleyball facility with eight courts. The campus averages about 1,900,000 visits per year.
As of 2023, Westfield, Indiana had a population of 58,410. The 2020 census recorded 46,410 residents, up from 30,068 in 2010 and 9,293 in 2000, reflecting rapid growth over two decades.
Yes, the Indianapolis Colts hold their annual training camp at Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, Indiana. Westfield signed a 10-year contract with the Colts in 2017, and the training camp began there in 2018.
Westfield, Indiana is believed to have been planned as a stop on the Underground Railroad by its Quaker founders in 1834. When laws against aiding escaped enslaved people became harsher, part of the Westfield Quaker Friends Meeting House split off to form the Anti-Slavery Friends meeting, publicly opposing compliance with those laws.
Notable people from Westfield, Indiana include competitive eater Joey Chestnut, ambassador and writer Claude Bowers, Civil War veteran and Indiana legislator Thomas Jefferson Lindley, and MLB players Ryan Pepiot and Kevin Plawecki. Braden Smith, the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year at Purdue, is also from Westfield, as is professional soccer player Eriq Zavaleta.