Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania
Plainfield Township | |
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Bushkill Creek in Plainfield Township in October 2010 | |
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Location of Plainfield Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania | |
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′00″N 75°15′59″W / 40.83333°N 75.26639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Northampton |
| Area | |
• Township | 24.98 sq mi (64.69 km2) |
| • Land | 24.75 sq mi (64.11 km2) |
| • Water | 0.22 sq mi (0.58 km2) |
| Elevation | 568 ft (173 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Township | 6,138 |
• Estimate (2016) | 6,153 |
| • Density | 248.6/sq mi (95.97/km2) |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 610 |
| FIPS code | 42-095-61088 |
| Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
| Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
| School district | Pen Argyl Area |
| Website | plainfieldtownship.org |
Plainfield Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Plainfield Township was 6,138 at the 2010 census. The township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.