Definition of "Wakefield"

An industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries.  examples

A habitational surname from Old English.  examples

The prison in Wakefield, established 1594.  examples

A number of places in the United States:

1. A ghost town in Washington County, Alabama.  examples

2. An unincorporated community in Richland County, Illinois.  examples

3. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana.  examples

4. A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.  examples

5. An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Kentucky.  examples

6. An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.  examples

7. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.  examples

8. A city and township in Gogebic County, Michigan.  examples

9. A township in Stearns County, Minnesota.  examples

10. A city in Dixon County and Wayne County, Nebraska.  examples

11. A township in Dixon County, Nebraska.  examples

12. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.  examples

13. A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.  examples

14. A neighbourhood of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina.  examples

15. An unincorporated community in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio.  examples

16. A census-designated place in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  examples

17. A village in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island.  examples

18. A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.  examples

19. A town in Sussex County, Virginia.  examples

20. A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C.  examples

21. A ghost town in the village of Greenville, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.  examples

A number of places elsewhere:

1. A locality in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.  examples

2. Wakefield Regional Council, a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia.  examples

3. A parish and community therein, in New Brunswick, Canada.  examples

4. A village in La Pêche municipality, Quebec, Canada.  examples

5. A settlement in Jamaica.  examples

6. A settlement in Tasman district, South Island, New Zealand.  examples