| Official Name: | Wakefield, Illinois |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Illinois#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Richland |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 489 |
| Coordinates: | 38.84°N -88.2439°W |
| Area Code: | 618 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 420382 |
Wakefield is an unincorporated community in Richland County, Illinois, United States. Wakefield is 11.5miles northwest of Olney. Chemist Reynold C. Fuson was born near Wakefield.[1] Wakefield was a booming community in the early 1900s. There was a grocery store, post office, garage and a church named Liberty Baptist Church.