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Wakefield is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,078 at the 2010 census.〔United States Census Bureau, (American FactFinder ), 2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011.〕 The town includes the villages of Wakefield Corner (the original town center), East Wakefield, North Wakefield, Sanbornville, Union, Woodman and Province Lake. Wakefield Corner, popular with tourists, is a picturesque hilltop village of antique buildings. The state of Maine is on the eastern border of Wakefield. ==History== Initially a native settlement, Wakefield was attacked by John Lovewell during Father Rale's War. Settled later by colonists from Dover and Somersworth, the town was granted in 1749 by John Mason. It was called East Town before being incorporated as Wakefield in 1774 by Governor John Wentworth. Wakefield, in Yorkshire, England, is near Wentworth Castle, the home of the Wentworth ancestors. It developed as an important sledge and stage stop between the seacoast and the White Mountains. The Wakefield Inn, built in 1804 beside the principal trade route through Wakefield Corner, remains operating today. Although the soil was considered "stubborn," farmers made it productive. Lumber became a chief product, and by 1859 there were five sawmills, five gristmills, and ten shingle, clapboard and planing mills. Shoemaking was another local industry.〔 When the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad arrived in 1871,〔(Francis B. C. Bradlee, ''The Eastern Railroad;'' The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts 1922 )〕 the center of Wakefield shifted from Wakefield Corner to Sanbornville, which today remains the retail district of town.〔(Louis E. Tibbetts, ''History of Union, New Hampshire (1775-1992)'' )〕 Image:Bridge Street, Union, NH.jpg|Bridge Street in 1916 (Union) Image:Bird's-eye View, Sanbornville, NH.jpg|Bird's-eye View in 1908 (Sanbornville) Image:Davis House, East Wakefield, NH.jpg|Davis House Inn in 1909 (East Wakefield) Image:Main Street, Wakefield, NH.jpg|Main Street in 1909 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wakefield, New Hampshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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