About Plainfield.
Plainfield, Vermont is a small, eclectic town in Washington County located along the Winooski River, about 10 miles east of the state capital, Montpelier
With a tight-knit, creative local culture, Plainfield is a family-friendly town which offers pristine town forests, a wonderful school district, great local businesses and much more.
Plainfield is known as the historic home of Goddard College, which infused the town with a legacy of progressive education, arts, and intellectual independence.
Only 20 +/- minutes from Montpelier and Barre, about an hour to Burlington and 4-hours from Quebec, Plainfield is as central as you can get.
Photo of 3171 Brook Rd. from circa 1893
At the time of the photo, the farm had 165 acres, 8 heads of cattle, a hay press, and 700 sugar trees.