Editing Plainfield, Vermont (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Trey Anastasio]], musician, lead vocalist for [[Phish]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6443525/10-things-about-trey-anastasio-phish|title=10 Things to Know About Trey Anastasio|last=Miller|first=Jeff|date=January 16, 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 26, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Piers Anthony]], writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres
* [[Mary Azarian]], woodcut artist and children's book illustrator
* [[Robert M. Fisher]], artist 
* [[James Gahagan]], artist 
* [[Louise Gluck]], [[Nobel Prize]] winning poet
* [[William H. Macy]], actor, teacher, and director, in theater, film, and television<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.goddard.edu/2015/01/alumn-william-h-macy-wins-sag-award/|title=Alum William H. Macy Wins SAG Award - Goddard College|date=January 25, 2015|work=Goddard College|access-date=March 12, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[David Mamet]], playwright, screenwriter, director, poet, essayist and novelist<ref>Nadel, Ira Bruce. David Mamet: a life in the theater. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 34.</ref> 
* [[Page McConnell]], pianist, organist, and keyboardist for [[Phish]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://phish.net/people/page-mcconnell|title=Page McConnell - Phish.net|website=phish.net|language=en|access-date=March 13, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Dennis Murphy (musician)|Dennis Murphy]], composer, musician, instrument maker and artist
* [[Archie Shepp]], jazz saxophonist<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/archie-shepp|title=Archie Shepp|date=October 20, 2015|work=NEA|access-date=March 13, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Yamamoto]], artist

The village of [[Plainfield, Wisconsin]] was named by its postmaster Elijah C. Waterman to honor his hometown of Plainfield, Vermont.<ref name="Gard2015">{{cite book|author=Robert E. Gard|title=The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8auCgAAQBAJ|date=September 9, 2015|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0-87020-708-2}}</ref>