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Wakefield, MA - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Wakefield  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Wakefield Home page. The Wakefield Home page provides as much information as possible on Wakefield. Knowing Wakefield’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Wakefield’s Home page, you will also find Wakefield’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Wakefield has a population of 27041. 49.3% of Wakefield’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.7 are female. 56.8% of Wakefield is married and 72.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $554,086, and the average rent is $1,513. Household median income in Wakefield is $103,696, and the individual median income is $51,619. Wakefield’s Ethnic is the following: White(94.4%), Hispanic(3.6%), Asian(2.6%), Multiple(1.8%), Black(1%), Other(0.2%).


Wakefield is located at 42°30′4″N 71°4′16″W (42.501345, −71.071324).Reading, Massachusetts (northwest), Melrose, Massachusetts (south), Stoneham, Massachusetts (southwest), Lynnfield, Massachusetts (northeast), and Saugus, Massachusetts (southeast) border Wakefield. Route 129 runs through Wakefield as its Main Street.


I-95/Route 128 skirt the northwestern border of Wakefield as one road known as the "Yankee Division Highway". According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 7.9 square miles (20 km2), of which 7.5 square miles (19 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), or 5.56%, is water. Wakefield has two lakes, Crystal Lake and Lake Quannapowitt.


Crystal Lake is used as a reservoir for some of the town's drinking water; as such, recreation is prohibited on Crystal Lake. Lake Quannapowitt, meanwhile, is used for a wide variety of recreational activities, including boating, windsurfing, kayaking, and fishing, and is the primary source of the Saugus River. In 1847, Lake Quannapowitt was named for the Native American James Quannapowitt, one of the signers of the old Indian Deed of 1686.


The earliest settlers referred to the lake simply as the "Greate Pond" or "Reading Pond." Lake Quannapowitt is also home to the oldest inland yacht club in the United States, Quannapowitt Yacht Club, which was founded in 1886. Long regarded as "Wakefield's greatest natural resource," Lake Quannapowitt covers an area of 247 acres (1.00 km2; 100 ha).


Its outlet is the Saugus River to the Atlantic Ocean. Wakefield Common sits to the south of the lake, and is the site of many recreational activities and events throughout the year. In 1991, a group of local citizens formed "The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt" to advocate for the lake and to educate the public about this natural resource.


The group has also raised money for projects that benefit the lake and the surrounding areas.


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