The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWakefield is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 11,275. The current Wakefield area was built in the 1950-60's.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11,275 to 11,805 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1968.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wakefield yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Wakefield’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wakefield’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Wakefield, decade by decade
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CommonsHouses along Wakefield Chapel Road2016
Commons2016-07-04 15 54 18 View north along the inner loop of the …2016
Commons2016-01-22 08 46 48 View south along the outer loop of the …2016
Commons2016-01-22 08 46 29 View south along the outer loop of the …2016
CommonsCG Building on the NVCC Annandale Campus2014
CommonsCA Building on the NVCC Annandale Campus20141 historic place in Wakefield
1 place in Wakefield is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.