The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Wakefield appears on the Fry-Jefferson map of Virginia first published in 1752.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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CommonsFarmers Welcome Trade Opportunities - Peanut Grower Rogers …2015
CommonsFarmers Welcome Trade Opportunities - Peanut Grower Rogers …2015
CommonsFarmers Welcome Trade Opportunities - Peanut Grower Rogers …2015
CommonsFarmers Welcome Trade Opportunities - Peanut Grower Rogers …2015
CommonsFarmers Welcome Trade Opportunities - Peanut Grower Rogers …2015
CommonsFarmers Welcome Trade Opportunities - Peanut Grower Rogers …2015
CommonsFarmers Welcome Trade Opportunities - Peanut Grower Rogers …2015
CommonsFarmers Welcome Trade Opportunities - Peanut Grower Rogers …2015
CommonsFarmers Welcome Trade Opportunities - Peanut Grower Rogers …2015
CommonsVAMap-doton-Wakefield2005
CommonsWakefield, VA2001
CommonsShrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague2001National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Wakefield is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wakefield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Purnell Fleetwood House in Waverly, 7.4 miles away.
Wakefield and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Wakefield. Tap a dot.
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Purnell Fleetwood House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Wakefield?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Wakefield’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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