Plainfield, Nova Scotia
- Official Community Name: Plainfield
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.650733, -62.958308
- NTS Map Number: 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas: Section 6
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map Number: NS Land Grant map 086
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map Number: 1045650062900 (Plainfield)
- Other Maps:
Plainfield is a rural community located west of Scotsburn, along NS Route 256 (Scotsburn Road) near the headwaters of the east branch of the River John. The name is descriptive and was provided sometime before 1859.
James McCara purchased 900 acres from Robert Pagan, just west of here and settled on it about 1796. Charles Sutherland arrived from Scotland in 1811 and in 1830 the family of Alexander Sutherland moved here from Earltown.
Postal way offices were established from 1859 and in 1865.
Population in 1956 was 111.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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