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we pass this GPS location for Plainfield:
42.515363, -72.916207
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We found 27 communities that share the name Plainfield.
There are two communities within Massachusetts that are also named Plainfield.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 25 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
Nantucket County
This Plainfield is located in Nantucket County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nantucket County community of Plainfield.
Norfolk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Plainfield [Norfolk County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Columbia County
This Plainfield is located in Columbia County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Plainfield.
California
Yolo County
This Plainfield is located in Yolo County and lies 2,543 miles [4,092.6 km]<1> to the west of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yolo County community of Plainfield.
Connecticut
Windham County
This Plainfield is located in Windham County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Plainfield.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Plainfield is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Plainfield.
Georgia
Dodge County
This Plainfield is located in Dodge County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Plainfield.
Illinois
Jasper County
This Plainfield is located in Jasper County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km]<1> to the west of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Plainfield.
Will County
This Plainfield is located in Will County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km] to the west of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Plainfield.
Indiana
Hendricks County
This Plainfield is located in Hendricks County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<1> to the west of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hendricks County community of Plainfield.
LaPorte County
This Plainfield is located in LaPorte County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km] to the west of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Plainfield.
Iowa
Bremer County
This Plainfield is located in Bremer County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the west of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bremer County community of Plainfield.
Kansas
Cloud County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Plainfield [Cloud County].
Maryland
Wicomico County
This Plainfield is located in Wicomico County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Plainfield.
Michigan
Livingston County
This Plainfield is located in Livingston County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the west of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Plainfield.
Missouri
Greene County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Plainfield [Greene County].
New Hampshire
Sullivan County
This Plainfield is located in Sullivan County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Plainfield.
New Jersey
Union County
This Plainfield is located in Union County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Plainfield.
Nova Scotia
This Plainfield lies 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
Ohio
Coshocton County
This Plainfield is located in Coshocton County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Plainfield.
Ontario
This Plainfield lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County
This Plainfield is located in Cumberland County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Plainfield.
York County
This Plainfield is located in York County and lies 256 miles [412 km] to the southwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Plainfield.
Tennessee
Blount County
This Plainfield is located in Blount County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Plainfield.
Vermont
Washington County
This Plainfield is located in Washington County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the north of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Plainfield.
West Virginia
Marshall County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Plainfield [Marshall County].
Wisconsin
Waushara County
This Plainfield is located in Waushara County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Plainfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waushara County community of Plainfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plainfield ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Baptist Corner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baptist Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swift River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Plainfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Plainfield and extending to:
Northampton, which is the Seat of Hampshire County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Plainfield to Northampton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 329 miles [529.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,576 miles [8,973.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,287 miles [10,117.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,162 miles [6,698.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plainfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plainfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5154, Longitude: -72.9162 In this case, the coordinates for Plainfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Plainfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Plainfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.073 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.831 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.335 degrees.