Below is a partial listing of reference books available with information on Plain Township. Some of these books are available on Google Books as a free download.
- Historical Collections of Ohio – Henry Howe – 1850
- History of Stark County – William Henry Perrin – 1881
- Portrait and Biographical Sketch of Stark County Ohio – Chapman Bros. – 1892
- A Standard History of Stark County, Ohio – John H. Lehman – 1916
- History of Stark County – Herbert Tenney Orren Blue – 1928
- The Stark County Story – Edward Thornton Heald – 1949
- The NOTL Story – Central Electric Railfans’ Association -1966
- The North Canton Heritage Volume 1, 1805 – 1940 – Ruth Harpold Basner – 1972
- Architecture in Canton 1805-1976 – M. J. Albacete – 1976
- Meyers Lake Revisited – Jeffrey D Brown Raymond D Fete – 1985
- An Inventory of Historic Sites and Structures: A Window into Stark County – 1986
- Meyer’s Lake a Second Look – Jeff Brown and Ray Fete – 1988
- The Official Ohio Lands Book: Publication of the Auditor of State – George W. Knepper – 2002
- Meyers Lake Park: The Last Dance (1869-1979) – Jeff Brown and Ray Fete – 2004
- Stark County Memories the Early Years A Pictorial History – The Repository – 2018
- Canton City Directories
- Rural Directories
