Welcome to Wakefield ...Wakefield is located in Washington County<1> and is the County Seat for Washington County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wakefield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1825. Wakefield is near sea level<2>. Time Zone: Wakefield lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Wakefield: 401 The ZIP codes for Wakefield: 02879-02880<3> Communities Also Named Wakefield ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 37 communities that are also named Wakefield - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (5), Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wakefield. Websites for Wakefield ...Junior League: www.jlri.org/ Communities near Wakefield ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wakefield.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wakefield. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wakefield. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wakefield. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Wakefield. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wakefield ...Looking for more information about Wakefield? 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, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wakefield. Adding Wakefield to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wakefield 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wakefield. Footnotes ...
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