Wakefield, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
37°58′19″N 85°18′29″W / 37.97194°N 85.30806°W / 37.97194; -85.30806CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountySpencerElevation
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722 ft (220 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code502

Wakefield is an unincorporated community in Spencer County, Kentucky, United States. Wakefield lies on Kentucky Route 55 midway between Taylorsville and Bloomfield.

Wakefield was named after Wakefield Farm, a nineteenth-century homestead. William Clarke Quantrill, a Confederate raid leader, was ambushed and killed by Union troops at Wakefield Farm in May 1865.

Country musician Bill Carlisle was born at Wakefield in 1908.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Wakefield at HomeTownLocator


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