Do you know of Wakefield ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wakefield. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Wakefield.
Our sources for Wakefield (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Wakefield other than they indicate that Wakefield would be found somewhere in San Joaquin County, California.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1880 and closed in 1891.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Wakefield ...
We found 37 communities that share the name Wakefield.
Within California, the name Wakefield is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 35 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wakefield [Howard County].
- Illinois
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wakefield [Richland County].
- Indiana
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wakefield [Jefferson County].
- Kansas
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wakefield [Clay County].
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wakefield [Douglas County].
- Kentucky
- Spencer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wakefield [Spencer County].
- Louisiana
- West Feliciana Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wakefield [West Feliciana Parish].
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Wakefield [Baltimore City].
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Wakefield [Baltimore County].
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Wakefield [Carroll County].
- Charles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Wakefield [Charles County].
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Wakefield [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
- Gogebic County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wakefield [Gogebic County].
- Mississippi
- Tate County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wakefield [Tate County].
- Nebraska
- Dixon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Wakefield [Dixon County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Wakefield.
- New Hampshire
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Wakefield [Carroll County].
- New York
- Bronx County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wakefield [Bronx County].
- Westchester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wakefield [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Tillamook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Wakefield [Tillamook County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wakefield [Lancaster County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Wakefield.
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Wakefield [Washington County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Weber County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wakefield [Weber County].
- Virginia
- Alexandria City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wakefield [Alexandria City].
- Charlottesville City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wakefield [Charlottesville City].
- Surry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wakefield [Surry County].
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wakefield [Sussex County].
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wakefield [Westmoreland County].
- Washington
- Okanogan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Wakefield [Okanogan County].
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wakefield [Wood County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wakefield ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wakefield:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Wakefield - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in San Joaquin County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in San Joaquin County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Wakefield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |