Wakefield, Massachusetts

Wakefield, Massachusetts
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Town
	Each row, from left to right:; Softball at Veterans Field; Wakefield Common seen from Lake Quannapowitt, Upper Depot,; St. Joseph School, Park Avenue; Col. James Hartshorne House, Elizabeth Boit House,; Lake Quannapowitt, 1 Morrison Avenue,; Lower Common Bandstand in Winter, Greenwood Union (now Restoration Road) Church
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	Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts
	Coordinates: 42°30′23″N 71°04′24″W / 42.50639°N 71.07333°W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
Region	New England
Settled	1638
Incorporated	1812
Renamed "Wakefield"	1868
Named after	Cyrus Wakefield
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
• Administrator	Denise Y. Casey
• Board of Selectmen/Town Council	See below…
• Town Clerk	Betsy Sheeran
• Clerk to the Board of Selectmen	Sherri Dalton
• Counsel	Thomas A. Mullen
Area
• Total	7.9 sq mi (20.5 km2)
• Land	7.5 sq mi (19.3 km2)
• Water	0.42 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Elevation	98 ft (30 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	27,090
• Density	3,640/sq mi (1,400/km2)
• Demonym	Wakefieldian
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	01880
Area code	339 / 781
FIPS code	25-72215
GNIS feature ID	0619410
Website	https://www.wakefieldma.gov/

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.