Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Plainfield (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Plainfield. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Plainfield is located in Washington County .
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County : Addison , Caledonia , Chittenden , Lamoille & Orange .
Below are the counties that are near Plainfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plainfield:
Washington County (The home county of Plainfield)
The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Marshfield (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield Marshfield is located in Washington County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,465 people
East Montpelier (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Montpelier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Montpelier East Montpelier is located in Washington County Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
Barre (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barre have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Barre is located in Washington County Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
Barre (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Barre is located in Washington County Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
Barre has also been known as:
Barre City Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <2>
Lanesboro (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lanesboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro Lanesboro is located in Washington County South Barre (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Barre have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre South Barre is located in Washington County Websterville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Marshfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield Marshfield is located in Washington County Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshfield <2>
Adamant (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Graniteville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Graniteville is located in Washington County Calais (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calais have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais Calais is located in Washington County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
East Calais (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Montpelier (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Addison County
The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Granville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville Granville is located in Addison County Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
Granville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lower Granville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville Lower Granville is located in Addison County Jerusalem (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Jerusalem is located in Addison County Lincoln (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Lincoln is located in Addison County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
Starksboro (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starksboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro Starksboro is located in Addison County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
Hancock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lincoln (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
South Starksboro (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Starksboro South Starksboro is located in Addison County Caledonia County
The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Groton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton Groton is located in Caledonia County Population from the 2020 Census: 954 people
Lakeside (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lakeside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Lakeside is located in Caledonia County Groton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Peacham (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peacham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacham Peacham is located in Caledonia County Population from the 2020 Census: 708 people
South Peacham (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Peacham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Peacham South Peacham is located in Caledonia County Peacham (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Ryegate (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryegate have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Ryegate is located in Caledonia County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
Ryegate Corner (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Corner Ryegate Corner is located in Caledonia County West Danville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
South Walden (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walden South Walden is located in Caledonia County Greenbank Hollow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank Hollow Greenbank Hollow is located in Caledonia County Greenbank Hollow has also been known as:
Greenbank Village Greenbanks South Danville Harvey Hollow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harvey Hollow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Hollow Harvey Hollow is located in Caledonia County Walden (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden Walden is located in Caledonia County Chittenden County
The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Bolton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Bolton is located in Chittenden County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
Buels Gore (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buels Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buels Gore Buels Gore is located in Chittenden County Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
Huntington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Huntington is located in Chittenden County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,969 people
Nashville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville Nashville is located in Chittenden County Underhill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Underhill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill Underhill is located in Chittenden County Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
Richmond (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Richmond is located in Chittenden County Population from the 2020 Census: 4,100 people
Richmond (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Essex County
Concord (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Lamoille County
The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Elmore (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore Elmore is located in Lamoille County Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
Wolcott (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Lower Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village Lower Village is located in Lamoille County Moscow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Stowe (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Wolcott (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolcott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott Wolcott is located in Lamoille County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
Stowe (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stowe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe Stowe is located in Lamoille County Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
Morrisville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Morristown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morristown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown Morristown is located in Lamoille County Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
Cleveland Corners (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Corners Cleveland Corners is located in Lamoille County Cadys Falls (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County Hyde Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyde Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County Population from the 2020 Census: 2,942 people
Hyde Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyde Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County Population from the 2020 Census: 475 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyde Park <2>
Orange County
The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Orange (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Orange is located in Orange County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
Williamstown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Williamstown is located in Orange County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamstown <2>
Washington (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Washington is located in Orange County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
Topsham (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Topsham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham Topsham is located in Orange County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
Williamstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Williamstown is located in Orange County Population from the 2020 Census: 3,530 people
West Corinth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Corinth West Corinth is located in Orange County Corinth (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Corinth is located in Orange County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,427 people
East Corinth (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corinth East Corinth is located in Orange County Newbury Center (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Center Newbury Center is located in Orange County Chelsea (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chelsea have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Chelsea is located in Orange County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,294 people
Newbury (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Newbury is located in Orange County Population from the 2020 Census: 2,145 people
Brookfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Brookfield is located in Orange County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,343 people
East Brookfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Brookfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield East Brookfield is located in Orange County Orleans County
The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Greensboro Bend (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Greensboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro Greensboro is located in Orleans County Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
Craftsbury (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Craftsbury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craftsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsbury Craftsbury is located in Orleans County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
East Craftsbury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Craftsbury East Craftsbury is located in Orleans County Mill Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village Mill Village is located in Orleans County Windsor County
The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
East Bethel (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel East Bethel is located in Windsor County South Royalton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Bethel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Royalton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royalton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Royalton is located in Windsor County Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
Royalton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Royalton is located in Windsor County Bethel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Bethel is located in Windsor County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,939 people
Grafton County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Monroe (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Monroe is located in Grafton County (NH) Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
Woodsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
North Haverhill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Bath (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Bath is located in Grafton County (NH) Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <2>
Haverhill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Lyman (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman Lyman is located in Grafton County (NH) Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
Swiftwater (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swiftwater. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater Swiftwater is located in Grafton County (NH) Upper Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village Upper Village is located in Grafton County (NH) Lisbon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Lisbon is located in Grafton County (NH) Population from the 2020 Census: 1,587 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisbon <2>
Jockey Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill Jockey Hill is located in Grafton County (NH) Piermont (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piermont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piermont Piermont is located in Grafton County (NH) Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piermont <2>
Benton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Benton is located in Grafton County (NH) Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
Landaff (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landaff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landaff Landaff is located in Grafton County (NH) Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plainfield, see our County-by-County Page for Plainfield .
Cemeteries Near Plainfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plainfield.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plainfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Plainfield Center Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainfield Center Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainfield Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Village Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Maple Hill - Bolles Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Hill - Bolles Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Hill - Bolles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Nasmith Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nasmith Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nasmith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Plainmont Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainmont Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainmont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Bisson - Barre Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bisson - Barre Hill Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bisson - Barre Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Cutlers Corners Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Smith Lot Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Lot Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Lot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Cate Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cate Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Cate Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cate Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Maplewood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Eaton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eaton Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Continue List (453 more) ...
East Montpelier Village Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Montpelier Village Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Montpelier Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Rich - Hollister Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rich - Hollister Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rich - Hollister Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> St. Monica's Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Monica's Cemetery The St. Monica's Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Monica Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Plainfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plainfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
Plainfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Plainfield is located in Washington County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainfield <2>
North Montpelier (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Montpelier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Montpelier North Montpelier is located in Washington County East Montpelier (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Montpelier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Montpelier East Montpelier is located in Washington County Barre (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Barre is located in Washington County Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
Barre has also been known as:
Barre City Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <2>
South Barre (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Barre have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre South Barre is located in Washington County Websterville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
East Barre (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Barre have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barre East Barre is located in Washington County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Barre <2>
Orange (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Orange is located in Orange County Lanesboro (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lanesboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro Lanesboro is located in Washington County Graniteville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Graniteville is located in Washington County Marshfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield Marshfield is located in Washington County Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshfield <2>
East Calais (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Continue List (16 more) ...
Montpelier (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Washington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Washington is located in Orange County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <2>
Calais (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Calais. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais Calais is located in Washington County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calais <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plainfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plainfield .
Newspapers Published in Plainfield ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plainfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plainfield, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Plainfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Plainfield:
Websites specific to Vermont Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Addison County Caledonia County Chittenden County Essex County Lamoille County Orange County Orleans County Windsor County Grafton County Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Plainfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
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Footnotes ...
<1> 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. While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Plainfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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.