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Plainfield is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 14,973 at the 2020 census. [1] The town comprises four villages: Plainfield (south, ZIP code 06374), Moosup (northeast, 06354), Wauregan (northwest, 06387), and Central Village (west, 06332).
Plainfield Village is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Plainfield, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,557 at the 2010 census. It is located in the southwestern section of town, in the area west of I-395 and south of Route 14. The village is also the core of the Plainfield, CT urban cluster.
75th Anniversary 10c postage stamp (1974). The VFW resulted from the amalgamation of several societies formed immediately following the Spanish–American War.In 1899, little groups of veterans returning from campaigning in Cuba and the Philippine Islands, founded local societies upon a spirit of comradeship known only to those who faced the dangers of that war side by side.
The village's growth was encouraged by the arrival of the railroad in 1839, which was run midway between two mill locations. The cotton mills declined in the late 19th century, but its economy was propped up by other industries until the early 20th century, when the Plainfield Woolen Company revived the textile industry, building the principal ...
Moosup is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Plainfield, Connecticut, in the United States. The population was 3,166 at the 2024 census. The population was 3,166 at the 2024 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 23.5 square miles (61 km 2), of which 23.1 square miles (60 km 2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2) is water.
Plainfield Street Historic District is a historic district in Plainfield, Connecticut that encompasses the historic area of Plainfield Village, the town center of Plainfield. The district is linear, being located along Route 12 between Railroad Avenue and Route 14A. It has been the center of the town's civic life since its settlement in the ...
A railroad station was built in 1859 and a post office was established in 1860. A company store was built in 1875 and operated with subsidies from the company. Another building in the mill village housed a firehouse , clubhouse, jail , and a reading room and library .