Do you know of South Plainfield ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about South 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 South Plainfield.<1>

Our sources for South 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 South Plainfield other than they indicate that South Plainfield would be found somewhere in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Plainfield ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about South Plainfield:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for South Plainfield - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)
Published by Canadian National Railway

George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

More Orphans in  Middlesex County ...

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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 Middlesex County.