RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Massachusetts >> Middlesex County >> Wakefield JunctionIndex...

Welcome to Wakefield Junction ...

Wakefield Junction is located in Middlesex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wakefield Junction, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Wakefield Junction: Wakefield Jct. (or less commonly used: Wakefield Jctn.)

Wakefield Junction is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wakefield Junction lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Wakefield Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wakefield Junction.

  • Boston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Boston is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
  • Cambridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
  • Lowell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lowell is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
  • Lynn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lynn is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
  • Quincy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
  • Newton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Newton is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
  • Somerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Somerville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
  • Lawrence
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lawrence is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
  • Haverhill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Haverhill is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
  • Waltham
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waltham is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,069 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wakefield Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wakefield Junction.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wakefield Junction. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wakefield Junction.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wakefield Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Wakefield Junction.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wakefield Junction ...

Looking for more information about Wakefield Junction? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Wakefield Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wakefield Junction.

Adding Wakefield Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wakefield Junction in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Wakefield Junction was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wakefield Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Middlesex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wakefield Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.