An industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries. • A habitational surname from Old English. • The prison in Wakefield, established 1594. • A number of places in the United States: • A ghost town in Washington County, Alabama. • An unincorporated community in Richland County, Illinois. • An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana. • A minor city in Clay County, Kansas. • An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Kentucky. • An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. • A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. • A city and township in Gogebic County, Michigan. • A township in Stearns County, Minnesota. • A city in Dixon County and Wayne County, Nebraska. • A township in Dixon County, Nebraska. • A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire. • A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. • A neighbourhood of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina. • An unincorporated community in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio. • A census-designated place in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. • A village in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island. • A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia. • A town in Sussex County, Virginia. • A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C.. • A ghost town in the village of Greenville, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. • A number of places elsewhere: • A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. • A local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia; in full, Wakefield Regional Council. • A parish and community therein, in New Brunswick, Canada. • A village in La Pêche municipality, Quebec, Canada. • A settlement in Jamaica. • A settlement in Tasman district, South Island, New Zealand.