Do you know of Plainfield ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Plainfield. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Plainfield.
Our sources for Plainfield (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Plainfield other than they indicate that Plainfield would be found somewhere in Alleghany County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1908.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Plainfield ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Plainfield.
Within North Carolina, the name Plainfield is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Plainfield [Columbia County].
- California
- Yolo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Plainfield [Yolo County].
- Connecticut
- Windham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Plainfield [Windham County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Plainfield [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Dodge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Plainfield [Dodge County].
- Illinois
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Plainfield [Jasper County].
- Will County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Plainfield [Will County].
- Indiana
- Hendricks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Plainfield [Hendricks County].
- LaPorte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Plainfield [LaPorte County].
- Iowa
- Bremer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Plainfield [Bremer County].
- Kansas
- Cloud County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Plainfield [Cloud County].
- Maryland
- Wicomico County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Plainfield [Wicomico County].
- Massachusetts
- Hampshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Plainfield [Hampshire County].
- Nantucket County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Plainfield [Nantucket County].
- Norfolk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Plainfield [Norfolk County].
- Michigan
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Plainfield [Livingston County].
- Missouri
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Plainfield [Greene County].
- New Hampshire
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Plainfield [Sullivan County].
- New Jersey
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Plainfield [Union County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Plainfield.
- Ohio
- Coshocton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Plainfield [Coshocton County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Plainfield.
- Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Plainfield [Cumberland County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Plainfield [York County].
- Tennessee
- Blount County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Plainfield [Blount County].
- Vermont
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Plainfield [Washington County].
- West Virginia
- Marshall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Plainfield [Marshall County].
- Wisconsin
- Waushara County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Plainfield [Waushara County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Plainfield ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Plainfield:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Alleghany County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Alleghany County.
| Ada | Laura |
| Amorita | |
| Anna | Murray |
| Baugus | Napoleon |
| Bledsoe | New River |
| Boyer | Nile |
| Nulin | |
| Delphi | |
| Olney | |
| Elk Creek | |
| Prather's Creek | |
| Geba | |
| Glade Creek | Saddle |
| Gray | Sheets |
| Hilda | Teddy |
| Horseford | |
| Vera | |
| Ida | |
| Ward | |
| Lamar |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |