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Welcome to Plainfield Heights ...

Plainfield Heights is located in Frederick County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Plainfield Heights: Plainfield Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Plainfield Heights is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Plainfield Heights lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Plainfield Heights: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Plainfield Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Plainfield Heights - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Plainfield Heights.

Communities near Plainfield Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Plainfield Heights.

  • Petersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Winchester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Front Royal
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Strasburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Berryville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Stephens City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Middletown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Boyce
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Capon Bridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Toms Brook
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Plainfield Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plainfield Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Plainfield Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plainfield Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Plainfield Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Plainfield Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plainfield Heights ...

Looking for more information about Plainfield Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Plainfield Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Plainfield Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plainfield Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Plainfield Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Plainfield Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.