Plainfield, New Hampshire NH Hotels/Motels/Lodging

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Plainfield is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA. Plainfield includes the village of Meriden, home to Kimball Union Academy, a private preparatory school. The town is location to the Helen Woodruff Smith Bird Sanctuary and Annie Duncan State Forest.

The town was first settled by a group from Plainfield, Connecticut. It was one of the towns incorporated by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth in 1761, at the beginning of the reign of King George III. A part of Plainfield known as "Meriden Parish," named for the farm of Massachusetts Governor Jonathan Belcher, became the site of Kimball Union Academy, built in 1813.

Plainfield lies on the eastern edge of the enclave known as the Cornish Art Colony, which existed between 1885 and 1930. Maxfield Parrish painted the stage backdrop in the Plainfield Town Hall. In 1910, Ernest Harold Baynes founded the Meriden Bird Club, the first institution of its type in the nation.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 137.0 km² (52.9 mi²). 135.1 km² (52.2 mi²) of it is land and 1.9 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is water, comprising 1.42% of the town. Bounded on the west by the Connecticut River, Plainfield is drained by Blood's Brook and Blow-me-down Brook. Croydon Mountain is a high ridge that occupies the eastern edge of the town. Grantham Mountain, a peak along the ridge, is the highest point in Plainfield at 2,660 feet (811 meters) above sea level.

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