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Town in Virginia, United States
759Population
1.3 sq miArea
98 ftElevation

Wakefield is an incorporated town in Sussex County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 729. 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, Southeastern Maryland and Northeastern North Carolina, which issues weather alerts for the region including the cities of Elizabeth City, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Newport News, Hampton, Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, Salisbury and Ocean City MD, though the latter two are actually located outside the town limits. Wakefield also hosts the Virginia Shad Planking.

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