Wakefield, Kentucky
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Wakefield, Kentucky | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 37°58′19″N 85°18′29″W / 37.97194°N 85.30806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Spencer |
Elevation | 722 ft (220 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code | 502 |
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.
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