PLAINFIELD  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, U.S.A., about 24 M . W. by S. of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York City . Pop . (r9ro U.S. See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 20,550 . It is served by the Central Railroad of New Jersey and by electric lines connecting with neighbouring towns . It is situated for the most See also:

• PART

part on a See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain; See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east are heights occupied by the suburb of Netherwood, and north in See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset county, on the slope of the first Watchung See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

Mountain, is the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of North Plainfield (pop . 1910 U.S. census, 6117), which forms with Plainfield virtually a single residential and business community . Plainfield is one of the most attractive residential suburbs of New York . The city has an excellent public school See also:

• SYSTEM

system, a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good public library, with an See also:

• ART

art See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery and museum . The See also:

• MUHLENBERG, HENRY MELCHIOR (1711–1787)
• MUHLENBERG, JOHN PETER GABRIEL (1746–1807)
• MUHLENBERG, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS (1796-1877)

Muhlenberg See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club houses and a See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving track are features'of the city . The value of the factory products increased from $2,437,434 in 1900 to $3,572,134 in 1905, or 46.6% . Plainfield was settled in 1684, but it was not until 1735 that the first See also:

• FRAME

frame See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house was erected .

In 176o a grist See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill was erected, and for several years the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was called Milltown . The township of Plainfield was created out of See also:

• WESTFIELD

Westfield township in 1847, and in 1867 Plainfield was chartered as a city .