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24 unusual facts about Plainfield


Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

A professor at Goddard College, a private, liberal arts college in Plainfield, Vermont, she serves as the coordinator for the Transformative Language Arts track, which she initiated.

Conrad Herwig

He attended Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Afro-Caribbean ethnomusicology, and Queens College, CUNY, with a Master of Arts, Jazz Studies.

Dave Harbour

David Lynn Harbour (born October 23, 1965 in Plainfield, Illinois) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.

David T. Kenney

With the wealth derived from his patents, Kenney became a benefactor of Catholic institutions, particularly Mount St. Mary Academy in North Plainfield, New Jersey and was named a Papal Chamberlain in 1906.

Evan Shipman Handicap

Shipman died in 1957, and is buried in the Gilkey Cemetery beside the family estate in Plainfield, New Hampshire.

Harvey Edward Fisk

In addition to his brother Pliny, Harvey E. Fisk's other brothers were Charles J. Fisk, banker and former Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey; Wilbur C. Fisk, former president of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company; and Alexander G. Fisk, also a banker.

Jerri Allyn

Allyn earned an MA in Art and Community from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont and also attended The Feminist Studio Workshop at the Los Angeles Woman's Building.

Larry Feign

He attended the University of California, Berkeley and Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, graduating with a B.A. in 1979, and received an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Mabel Leigh Hunt

She was raised in Greencastle and, from age ten until her physician father died, in Plainfield (a center of Indiana Quaker activity).

Negley Farson

Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Farson was raised by his eccentric grandfather, the Civil War General James Negley.

Nonnie Moore

She was born in Plainfield, New Jersey as Marjorie Eilers on January 21, 1922, and acquired the nickname "Nonnie" during her childhood.

North American Islamic Trust

The North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) is a Saudi-backed organization based in Plainfield, Indiana, that owns Islamic properties and promotes waqf (Islamic endowments) in North America.

Plainfield, Connecticut

From the southernmost point, Plainfield is 20 miles inland of the Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound (Atlantic Ocean).

Plainfield, Illinois

Nate Fox, power forward and center with several European teams

Alexander Ratiu, Romanian political prisoner; priest at St. Mary Immaculate Church (1975–1982)

Plainfield, Massachusetts

Marcus Whitman (1802–1847), missionary physician who in 1843 convinced President Tyler that Oregon,and what is now the state of Washington, should be secured for the United States not Great Britain.

Plainfield, New Hampshire

Maxfield Parrish painted the stage backdrop in the Plainfield Town Hall.

Peter C. Whybrow, author, psychiatrist, and director of the Semel Institute at UCLA

Ralph Ellison

In 1967, Ellison experienced a major house fire at his home in Plainfield, Massachusetts, in which he claimed more than 300 pages of his second novel manuscript were lost.

Scott Burton

Between 1959 and 1962 Burton took classes at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Harvard University, and Columbia University, where he finally received his Bachelor's Degree.

Suzi Wizowaty

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wizowaty grew up in Europe, Texas and Connecticut, graduating from Princeton University (BA cum laude, 1977) and Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont (MA, 1985).

The Phantom Boyz

Originally from Plainfield, New Jersey, Watson founded the company under consultation with entertainment lawyer Karriem Hassan.

To a Waterfowl

The inspiration for the poem occurred in December 1815 when Bryant, then 21, was walking from Cummington to Plainfield to look for a place to settle as a lawyer.

William Samuel Verplanck Junior

William Samuel Verplanck Junior (Plainfield, New Jersey, January 16, 1916 – Knoxville, Tennessee, September 30, 2002) was an American psychologist.


Arthur P. Robinson

Robinson died in September 1944 at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield at age 66.

Cheril N. Clarke

Her third novel, Intimate Chaos, has been adapted into a play of the same name and has been mounted in Bordentown, NJ, Plainfield, NJ and twice in Philadelphia, PA.

Connecticut's 44th assembly district

The district's boundaries were radically changed in 2001: prior to the boundary change, the district contained the entire towns of Canterbury and Plainfield, part of Killingly and did not include Sterling at all.

Dana Corporation

1904 - Clarence W. Spicer, engineer, inventor, and founder of the company, began manufacturing universal joints in Plainfield, New Jersey.

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield is a 2007 U.S.-American direct-to-video horror film starring Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman, Priscilla Barnes and Shawn Hoffman.

Ellen Biddle Shipman

They left school after one year, married, and moved to Plainfield, New Hampshire, attracted by the nearby Cornish Art Colony, which included Maxfield Parrish and Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Indiana State Road 267

A $17.5 million Major Moves reconstruction project began in May 2006 on SR 267 between I-70 and US 40 in Plainfield.

Isaac Wheeler Geer

Isaac Wheeler Geer (Feb. 1, 1873 Plainfield, Conn. – June 20, 1953, Chicago) was a prominent railroad executive who served as General Manager of the Southwestern Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, based in St. Louis.

Jeremiah E. Cary

He was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress (March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845.) Later he resumed the practice of law in New York City, moving to Plainfield, New Jersey in 1860, where he continued the practice of law.

Joe Black

After his career ended, Black taught health and physical education at Hubbard Junior High School in Plainfield, New Jersey, and later became an executive with Greyhound in Phoenix.

Kathi Kamen Goldmark

Kathi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1971, a Masters degree from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont in 1974, and a California teaching credential in 1974.

Mendota Mental Health Institute

The notorious "Butcher of Plainfield", Ed Gein, was housed in this hospital after his previous residence, the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, was converted into a prison.

New Jersey Route 28

Route 28 crosses into Plainfield, Union County, where it becomes county-maintained Front Street, resuming northeast through residential and industrial areas before entering a more residential environment.

Pete Tauriello

Later he went on to program WBRW in Somerville, New Jersey, and WERA in Plainfield, New Jersey (as Peter Jaye) with announcer stints at beautiful music WPAT-FM, WNSR New York and WFAS AM/FM White Plains.

WRDZ

WRDZ-FM, a radio station (98.3 FM) licensed to Plainfield, Indiana, United States