A great place to see history to do business and a super spot to stay welcome to the hampton inn south plainfield nj visit the hampton inn south plainfield nj hotel and youll be in a town thats in the center of business shopping history and education south plainfield dates back to the elizabethtown purchase of 1664 to see some of that history you need only visit rutgers university located 2 miles from the hotel the rutgers institution was chartered in 1766 right near our hotel i