Trakų Vokė is located on the Vilnius–Trakai road. The settlement is named after the Vokė River, which flows through it. The history of Trakų Vokė dates back to the times of Vytautas the Great. He settled Tatars brought from Crimea, who built a large mosque in the area.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Trakų Vokė was owned by the Sapieha family; later, it belonged to the Dombrowski noblemen, and in the middle of the 19th century, the Trakų Vokė estate was acquired by Józef Tyszkiewicz from Liudvikas Dombrovski. The Tyszkiewicz family lived in Trakų Vokė for about 100 years and left a particularly large footprint in the area.
During the Soviet occupation, the Vokė branch of the Lithuanian Research Institute of Agriculture and its experimental farm were established here. An agro-meteorological laboratory and a fish farming enterprise were located in Trakų Vokė. A school, kindergarten, and cultural centre were built. In 1996, the settlement of Trakų Vokė became part of Vilnius.
So, today, Trakų Vokė is a part of the city of Vilnius, belonging to the Paneriai district, and although it may look remote from Vilnius, it is, in fact, easily accessible by public transport or train.
