Plainfield Vermont Map

About Plainfield, Vermont

Plainfield is a locality in Washington County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 424. The population density is 348.3 people per km². Plainfield is located at 44.2781°N, 72.4265°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05667.

Plainfield reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of the Winooski River as it carves a path through the quiet, forested landscape. It lies 36.8 miles east-southeast of Essex Junction, VT (from Essex Junction, VT: bearing 113°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-northeast of Barre. The water moves with a translucent clarity, reflecting the austere silhouettes of hardwoods that define the local topography. To the west, the distant, hazy spine of the Green Mountains marks the horizon, reminding the observer of the vast, rugged elevation that guards this interior expanse. Within the immediate vicinity, the Plainfield Town Forest offers a dense, tangled sanctuary of pine and maple, where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, particularly as the low autumn sun casts long, amber shadows across the uneven ground.

Plainfield emerged from a tradition of agrarian resilience, where the labor of the soil once dictated the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. While the modern economy has shifted away from the intensive small-scale farming that shaped the early settlement, the legacy of that era remains visible in the quietude of the village center and the surrounding meadows. Residents often look toward the nearby Plainfield Town Forest for recreation, finding a solitude that feels entirely distinct from the busier corridors further south. Though the winters are long and the frost lingers late into the spring, there is a persistent, quiet vitality here, characterized by the independence of those who choose to live where the rhythm is set not by the clock, but by the turning of the woods and the persistent, cold flow of the river.

About This Plainfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plainfield, Vermont. Coordinates: 44.278115, -72.426493. 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 (05667), telephone area code (802), county seat of Washington County (Montpelier), and school district assignment (Twinfield USD 33).

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.