Wakefield, Kentucky | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 Interactive map of Wakefield, Kentucky | |
| Coordinates:37°58′19″N85°18′29″W / 37.97194°N 85.30806°W /37.97194; -85.30806 | |
| 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 anunincorporated community inSpencer County,Kentucky, United States. Wakefield lies onKentucky Route 55 midway betweenTaylorsville andBloomfield.
Wakefield was named after Wakefield Farm, a nineteenth-century homestead.William Clarke Quantrill, aConfederate raid leader, was ambushed and killed by Union troops at Wakefield Farm in May 1865.
Country musicianBill Carlisle was born at Wakefield in 1908.
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