Plainfield is located in the Central Till Plains region of the United States. Geography Īccording to the 2010 census, Plainfield has a total area of 22.38 square miles (57.96 km 2), of which 22.27 square miles (57.68 km 2) (or 99.51%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km 2) (or 0.49%) is water. The Hendricks County Bridge Number 316, Plainfield Historic District, and THI and E Interurban Depot-Substation are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In the 1980s Plainfield became the headquarters of the Islamic Society of North America. An elementary school near this site is named Van Buren Elementary School. The elm tree whose roots caused the president's carriage to topple became known as the Van Buren Elm. When Van Buren came through Plainfield on a swing to shore up his popularity for the 1844 election, a group of perpetrators set up the incident. The practical joke came as a result of Van Buren's vetoing a bill from Congress to improve the highway, a move which angered Western settlers. One incident which brought Plainfield national attention occurred in 1842 when former President Martin Van Buren was spilled deliberately from his stagecoach into the thick mud of the highway. Route 40, which goes through town as Main Street. Plainfield has long been associated with the National Road, U.S. The high school continues to honor the Quakers, using the name for the school's mascot. The Friends were "plain" people, and thus the name "Plainfield". The town got its name from the early Friends ( Quakers) who settled around the area and established several meetinghouses throughout the county, including the important Western Yearly Meeting of Friends in Plainfield. Plainfield was incorporated as a town in 1839. Levi Jessup and Elias Hadley laid out the town in 1839.
Ten years later he sold it to his son, Elias Hadley. In 1822, a tract of land which included the area now known as Plainfield was obtained by Jeremiah Hadley of Preble County, Ohio.
The population was 27,631 at the 2010 census, and in 2022 the estimated population was 36,074. Plainfield is a town in Guilford, Liberty, and Washington townships, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States.
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