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Plainfield is a city in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Nicknamed "The Queen City", [1] it serves as both a regional hub for Central New Jersey and a bedroom suburb of the New York Metropolitan area, located in the Raritan Valley region.
Plainfield, city, Union county, northern New Jersey, U.S., at the base of the Watchung Mountains. Quakers settled in the area in 1685, and the town became known as Milltown—for its large gristmill—in the late 1700s. The name was changed to Plainfield in 1800, and it was incorporated as a township.
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Plainfield is a city in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Nicknamed "The Queen City", it serves as both a regional hub for Central New Jersey and a bedroom suburb of the New York Metropolitan area, located in the Raritan Valley region.
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Description: city in Union County, New Jersey, United States of America; Postal codes: 07060-07063; Neighbors: Edison, Piscataway and Scotch Plains
Plainfield is a City in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2021 Census, the city population was 54,586. Plainfield was originally formed as a township on April 5, 1847, from portions of Westfield Township, while the area was still part of Essex County.
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