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Plainfield Village, Connecticut
CDP
Only Plainfield Village in Americasmall unincorporated community🌐 plainfield-village-ct.uscitysearch.com
About Plainfield Village
Plainfield Village is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Connecticut.
Officially, Plainfield Village is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.71 square miles.
📰 Plainfield Village News Today
- Plainfield Village Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jul 1
- Plainfield Village, CT Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Sep 11
- Plainfield Village, CT 10-Day Weather Forecast WeatherBug · Apr 9
- CTDOT ANNOUNCES NEW BUS SERVICE IN PLAINFIELD portal.ct.gov · Sep 7
- Plainfield Village Board To Pass Moratorium On Data Centers: 'Don't Even Bother Applying' Patch · Apr 17
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Plainfield Village Unique
- The only place in America named Plainfield Village — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northeastern Connecticut, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Plainfield Village
📍 Canterbury Center Historic District📍 Lawton Mills Historic District📍 Plainfield Street Historic District
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Plainfield Village
- Baker's Dozen — coffee shop (café)
- Day Breaks Diner
- Hank's Dairy Bar — burger
- Gus's Pizza
- New Hong Kong Star — chinese
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Prudence Crandall Museum · Museum
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road · Attraction
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road · Attraction
- Plainfield Historical Society · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Plainfield Village
- Fitze Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Irma and Charles Levonius Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Lathrop Cedar Swamp Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Lions Park reviews ★
- Oates Cedar Swamp Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Pachaug Outdoor Club · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Robert Manship Park reviews ★
- Tillinghast Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Arthur and Dorothy Kinne Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Canterbury Green reviews ★
- Frink Park reviews ★
- Lockes Meadow Pond Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Plainfield Village
- Canterbury Elementary School
- Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School
- Plainfield Central School
- Plainfield Memorial School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateConnecticut
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.71 sq mi
Coordinates41.6752, -71.9247