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Plainfield abolitionists offered food and shelter to runaway slaves following the Underground Railroad. [7] North Central College was founded in the village in 1861 as Plainfield College. The Plainfield Public Library District was founded in the village in 1925 as the Nimmons Village of Plainfield Free Public Library.
The Village of Plainfield was formed in 1869 when the northern and southern sections decided to unite. it was incorporated in 1877 with a population of around 700. Most commercial structures were wood-framed and were destroyed during a series of four fires from 1888 to 1899.
The Plainfield Village Historic District encompasses a significant portion of the village of Plainfield, Vermont.Located in northernmost Plainfield on United States Route 2 (and extending a shortway into adjacent Marshfield), the village grew in the 19th century as a mill town and service community for the surround agricultural areas, and has a well-preserved collection of Greek Revival and ...
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Plainfield Township is located in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 80,318 and it contained 25,333 housing units. [ 2 ] Plainfield Township government serves the residents in the Illinois communities of Plainfield, Joliet, Romeoville and Crest Hill.
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This enterprise gradually expanded, with the owners building housing for the mill workers, creating a small village. In 1845, the Central Manufacturing Company, then the village's largest employer, built a brick mill. The village's growth was encouraged by the arrival of the railroad in 1839, which was run midway between two mill locations.