Plainview, Iowa

About Plainview

Plainview, IA is a small unincorporated community located in eastern Iowa.

Plainview holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.55 square miles.

📰 Plainview News Today

• Westbound Iowa 130 reopened after crash KWQC · Feb 20
• Mark Paulsen Obituary - Davenport, IA Dignity Memorial · Jan 27
• Obituary for Michael "Mike" Pittet Goslar Funeral Home and Monuments, LLC · Mar 16
• Carson Hynes — all 6-8, 305 pounds of him — set to sign with Northern Iowa Post Bulletin · Dec 3
• NWS releases preliminary damage surveys: Tornadoes touch down in SE Minnesota and North Iowa KIMT · Apr 20

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What Makes Plainview Unique

• One of 8 places in the US named Plainview — but the Iowa one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern Iowa, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Plainview

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