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The Hillside Avenue Historic District is a 27-acre (11 ha) historic district located along Hillside Avenue in the city of Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 1, 1982 for its significance in architecture, featuring Colonial Revival architecture.
Home of former Governor Jim McGreevey. Plainfield was settled in 1684 by Quakers, [27] and incorporated as a city in 1869. Formerly a bedroom suburb in the New York metropolitan area, it has become the urban center of 10 closely allied municipalities, with diversified industries, including printing and the manufacture of chemicals, clothing, electronic equipment, and vehicular parts.
The Washington Park Historic District is a 100-acre (40 ha) historic district located in the borough of North Plainfield in Somerset County, New Jersey.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1987, for its significance in architecture, landscape architecture, and community planning.
Thomas Hood (September 28, 1816 – November 22, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Somerset, Ohio, [1] [2] he was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1838. In 1850, Hood moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and then to Madison, Wisconsin. In 1853, he served as sergeant-at-arms for the Wisconsin Legislature.
The Plainfield Civic District is a 2-acre (0.81 ha) historic district located in the city of Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1993 for its significance in architecture, politics/government, and community planning.
The Plainfields are a group of three municipalities spanning the convergence of Somerset, Union, and Middlesex Counties in New Jersey, all of which have the word Plainfield in their name. They are the Borough of North Plainfield (Somerset County), City of Plainfield (Union County), and the Borough of South Plainfield (Middlesex County).
South Plainfield is located in the 6th Congressional District [47] and is part of New Jersey's 18th state legislative district [48] [49] [50] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 6th congressional district is represented by Frank Pallone (D, Long Branch).
New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the U.S. The state of New Jersey is ranked as the fourth smallest state in the United States of America. Its total area of the state is 8,729 square miles (22,610 km 2), of which 1,304 square miles (3,380 km 2) is water, and 7,425 square miles (19,230 km 2) is land.