Plainfield, New Jersey

Plainfield is a city located in Union County, which is in the northeastern part of New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 47,829.

History

It was settled in 1684 by Friends, and incorporated as a city in 1869. Formerly a bedroom suburb in the New York metropolitan area, it has become the urban center of 10 closely allied municipalities, with diversified industries, including printing and the manufacture of chemicals, clothing, electronic equipment, and vehicular parts. Among the several 18th-century buildings remaining are a Friends' meetinghouse (1788), the Martine house (1717), and the Nathaniel Drake House (1746), known as George Washington's headquarters. Nearby Washington Rock, overlooking the Hudson River, is reputed to be the vantage point from which Washington watched British troop movements.

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1684 - 1869 - New York - Chemical - Clothing - Electronic - Vehicular - 18th-century - Friends' - 1788 - 1717 - 1746 - George Washington - Hudson River

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In music history, Plainfield is known as the birthplace of P Funk. George Clinton founded The Parliaments while working in a barber shop in Plainfield.

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P Funk - George Clinton - The Parliaments

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