Meriden is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in the eastern part of the town of Plainfield in

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, United States. It is the location of Kimball Union Academy, a private

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. New Hampshire Route 120 passes through the village, leading north to

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and south to Claremont. Meriden has a separate ZIP code (03770) from the rest of Plainfield.

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Meriden Library
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