Plainfield Pennsylvania Map

About Plainfield, Pennsylvania

Plainfield is a locality in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 443. The population density is 264.8 people per km². Plainfield is located at 40.2031°N, 77.2900°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17081.

Plainfield stretches across a landscape defined by the deliberate pace of the interior, where the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 5.3 miles west of Carlisle, PA (from Carlisle, PA: bearing 271°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west-southwest of Schlusser. Mount Rock Spring Creek meanders through the low ground nearby, its current tracing the limestone bedrock that shapes the local topography. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light settles heavily upon the fields, turning the soil a deep, bruised brown and sharpening the edges of the barns that stand against the expanse. A mile from the center, West Pennsboro Municipal Park offers a space for the stillness of the afternoon to linger, while Opossum Lake waits two miles away, its surface reflecting the changing moods of a sky that feels vast and unburdened by the pressures of the coast.

Plainfield maintains an economy rooted in the stubborn persistence of agriculture and the logistics of the modern corridor, a duality that keeps the local character grounded in both tradition and necessity. History here is felt in the architecture of the older farmsteads and the way the land has been subdivided over generations to accommodate the changing needs of the region. Those seeking the deeper woods find their way fifteen miles toward Michaux State Forest, or follow the paths through Kings Gap Hollow, where the air grows cooler and the canopy tightens. Beyond the immediate fields, the Pine Plantation Trail seven miles away provides a route for those who move through the landscape with a different intent, marking the slow transition from the cleared plains to the timbered heights that define the broader geography of this part of the state.

About This Plainfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plainfield, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.203143, -77.289984. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Plainfield includes the ZIP code (17081), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Cumberland County (Carlisle), and school district assignment (Big Spring School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.