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Wakefield is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 11,275. [ 1 ] The current Wakefield area was built in the 1950-60's.
Wakefield is an incorporated town in Sussex County, Virginia, United States.Per the 2020 census, the population was 729. [5]Wakefield is widely known for the Virginia Diner, the Airfield Conference and 4-H Educational Center, and the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office for Eastern Virginia, which issues weather alerts for the region, though the latter two are actually located ...
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, [1] it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
The capture of Wakefield occurred during the First English Civil War when a Parliamentarian force attacked the Royalist garrison of Wakefield, Yorkshire.The Parliamentarians were outnumbered, having around 1,500 men under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, compared to the 3,000 led by George Goring in Wakefield.
Location of Fairfax County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfax County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Wakefield High School is one of five public high schools located in Arlington, Virginia, United States, closely bordering Alexandria. It has 152 teachers and 2,716 students in grades 9–12 as of the 2023–2024 academic year. [2] Wakefield's athletes are called the "Warriors" and wear the colors kelly green, white, and black.
Fairfax, Virginia (/ ˈ f ɛər f æ k s / FAIR-faks), [a] is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,536. [5] Fairfax is part of both the Washington metropolitan area and Northern Virginia regions.
George Goring was taken prisoner at Wakefield, had some success at Marston Moor, but ultimately failed in southwest England, and escaped to France claiming ill-health. The capture of Wakefield itself was significant for the scale of the victory, and the number of prisoners Fairfax was able to take, but territoriality was of little consequence.