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Plainfield is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 14,619 at the 2000 census. The town is comprised of four villages: Plainfield (south, ZIP code 06374), Moosup (northeast, 06354), Wauregan (northwest, 06387), and Central Village (west, 06332). Each village has their own respective United States Post Office and fire department. The entire town is serviced by the 860 area code. The town name can be confused with Plainville, Connecticut, in the central part of the state.

Plainfield was incorporated in 1699. Le Comte de Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, marched through and camped in the town during the American Revolutionary War on his way from landing at Narragansett Bay to join George Washington's forces on the Hudson River in 1781.

Plainfield is located at: 41.67753 N, 71.921968 W.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 111.5 km² (43.0 mi²). 109.5 km² (42.3 mi²) of it is land and 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it (1.81%) is water. From the southernmost point, Plainfield is 20 miles inland of the Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound (Atlantic Ocean). Plainfield is the southernmost town of Windham County, which is a considered a coastal county. The Quinebaug River generally forms the western border of the town. The Moosup River feeds the Quinebaug and runs across the northern portion of town.

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