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Home of former Governor Jim McGreevey. Plainfield was settled in 1684 by Quakers, [27] and incorporated as a city in 1869. Formerly a bedroom suburb in the New York metropolitan area, it has become the urban center of 10 closely allied municipalities, with diversified industries, including printing and the manufacture of chemicals, clothing, electronic equipment, and vehicular parts.
The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum.
In 2008, Pennsylvania had 1,117 State and local law enforcement agencies. [2] Those agencies employed a total of 33,670 staff. [2] Of the total staff, 27,413 were sworn officers (defined as those with general arrest powers). [2]
As of 2013, there was a reported 192,971 crimes in the U.S. state of New Jersey, including 401 murders. This is an overall decrease in total crimes reported, but an increase in murders. [1] The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a field office in New Jersey, located in Newark. [2]
Gail F. Shollar (1957–1992) was a 35-year-old Piscataway, NJ mother who was raped and murdered after being carjacked from the Middlesex Shopping Mall in South Plainfield, NJ. She was one of the first people in New Jersey to be a victim of carjacking .
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted in red. Pennsylvania is a state located in the Northeastern United States.As of the 2020 U.S. census, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state with 13,002,700 inhabitants [1] and the 32nd-largest by land area spanning 44,742.70 square miles (115,883.1 km 2) of land. [2]
Plainfield, in the eastern part of the township, is a census-designated place. Elliottson, Greason, and West Hill are also in the east. Mount Rock is situated on U.S. 11 near the center point of the southern border, and Big Spring is near the southwest corner of the township.
Plainfield is located in the eastern part of West Pennsboro Township at (40.202023, -77.286621), [4] along Pennsylvania Route 641 (Main Street), which leads east 5 miles (8 km) to the center of Carlisle, the county seat, and west 6 miles (10 km) to Newville