Country United States Elevation 220 m Area code 502 | Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) Local time Thursday 10:13 PM | |
Weather 8°C, Wind NW at 19 km/h, 58% Humidity | ||
Wakefield is an unincorporated community in Spencer County, Kentucky, United States. Wakefield lies on Kentucky Route 55 midway between Taylorsville and Bloomfield.
Map of Wakefield, Kentucky 40071, USA
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.
References
Wakefield, Kentucky Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA