About Wakefield
Wakefield, VA is a small unincorporated community located in northeastern Virginia.
Wakefield holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.77 square miles.
📰 Wakefield News Today
- Teen arrested in Wakefield crime spree; 3 more suspects sought WTVR.com · Aug 7
- Central Virginia Faces Life‑Threatening Flash Floods as Warning Stretches to 1:30 a.m. Forth.News · Aug 16
- NWS Wakefield Rainfall Reports Aug 3-5, 2026 National Weather Service (.gov) · Aug 5
- Virginia M. Johnson Obituary July 31, 2026 - Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home · Jul 31
- Obituary | Linda D. Gray j m wilkerson funeral establishment, inc. · Apr 21
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Wakefield Unique
- One of 7 places in the US named Wakefield — but the Virginia one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northeastern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Wakefield
📍 Canterbury Woods📍 Chestnut Hill📍 Lee Forest📍 Red Fox Forest📍 Wakefield Forest📍 Willow Woods📍 Woods of Ilda
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Wakefield
- Ariake Japanese Restaurant — japanese
- Surefire Café
- Barnes & Noble Cafe — coffee shop (café)
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Wakefield
- Americana Park reviews ★
- Fairfax Hills Park reviews ★
- Long Branch Falls Park reviews ★
- Long Branch Stream Valley Park reviews ★
- Oak Hill Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Red Fox Forest Park reviews ★
- The Wakefield Chapel Park reviews ★
- Wakefield Chapel Park reviews ★
- Wakefield Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Willow Woods Park reviews ★
- Winterset Varsity Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateVirginia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area3.77 sq mi
Coordinates38.8247, -77.2429