In 1995, the city of Raleigh — formerly a 25-minute drive from the southern tip of the Wake Forest town limits — annexed 1,800 acres of the Wakefield family farm.
What was once considered to be in the neighborhood of Wake Forest, had a local mailing address, whose kids attended Wake Forest schools and long thought to one day be part of the town’s development spiral, suddenly became part of the big city.
Attorney James Warren describes his reaction:
In the photo above, Daril Wiggins paints the Wakefield Plantation sign on Falls of Neuse Road when Wakefield Elementary school was set to open in 1998.
What was once considered to be in the neighborhood of Wake Forest, had a local mailing address, whose kids attended Wake Forest schools and long thought to one day be part of the town’s development spiral, suddenly became part of the big city.
Attorney James Warren describes his reaction:
“[I] remember when Wakefield was a cow pasture. It was a significant thing was when Wakefield became part of Raleigh… we always thought it being the Wake Forest area it would be part of Wake Forest someday. I guess Raleigh offered a good deal on providing water and sewer. [It] was quite a blow for this community — we just figured whenever it got developed, it would be part of this community.”
In the photo above, Daril Wiggins paints the Wakefield Plantation sign on Falls of Neuse Road when Wakefield Elementary school was set to open in 1998.
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