Welcome to Plainview ...Plainview is located in Jefferson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Plainview, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909. Plainview is 6,790 feet [2,070 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Plainview is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Plainview lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Plainview: 303, 720 & 983<3> Communities Also Named Plainview ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Plainview - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (4), California, Georgia (3), Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nebraska, New Mexico (2), New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma (3), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (8) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Plainview. Communities near Plainview ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Plainview.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Plainview. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plainview. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Plainview. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plainview. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Plainview. See our Newspapers Page for Plainview. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plainview ...Looking for more information about Plainview? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Plainview, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Plainview. Adding Plainview to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Plainview in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Plainview was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Plainview. Footnotes ...
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