Wakefield is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the greater Boston metropolitan area, incorporated in 1812 and located about 12.5 mi (20.1 km) north-northwest of Downtown Boston. Wakefield's population was 27,090 at the 2020 census. Wakefield offers an assortment of activities around the local lake, Lake Quannapowitt.
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Wakefield
Middlesex County, MA
Population
27,054
Walk Score
92 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,742
Median home value
$646,400
Settled
1638
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District · listed 1989
- Common District · listed 1990
- Wakefield Park · listed 1990
- Yale Avenue Historic District · listed 1989
Notable landmarks
- Beacon Street Tomb · listed 1989
- Beebe Homestead · listed 1989
- Boardman, E., House · listed 1989
- Boit, Elizabeth, House · listed 1989
- Building at 38-48 Richardson Avenue · listed 1989
- Buildings at 35-37 Richardson Avenue · listed 1989
- Center Depot · listed 1989
- Cowdry, Jonas, House · listed 1989
- Cowdry, Nathaniel, House · listed 1989
- Emerson-Franklin Poole House · listed 1989
- Flanley's Block · listed 1989
- Goodwin, Captain-James Custis House · listed 1990
- Gould, Samuel, House · listed 1989
- Green, Capt. William, House · listed 1989
- Green, Deacon Daniel, House · listed 1989
- Greenwood Union Church · listed 1989
- House at 1 Morrison Avenue · listed 1989
- House at 1 Woodcrest Drive · listed 1989
- House at 11 Wave Avenue · listed 1989
- House at 113 Salem Street · listed 1989
- House at 118 Greenwood Street · listed 1989
- House at 12 West Water Street · listed 1989
- House at 13 Sheffield Road · listed 1989
- House at 15 Chestnut Street · listed 1989
- House at 15 Lawrence Avenue · listed 1989
- …and 66 more
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