Do you know of Plain View ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Plain View. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Plain View.

Our sources for Plain View (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Plain View other than they indicate that Plain View would be found somewhere in Scott County, Iowa.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Plain View ...

We found six communities that share the name Plain View.

Within Iowa, the name Plain View is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Plain View [Jefferson County].
  • Arkansas
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Plain View [Jefferson County].
  • North Carolina
    • Richmond County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Plain View [Richmond County].
    • Sampson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Plain View [Sampson County].
  • Virginia
    • King and Queen County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Plain View [King and Queen County].
    • Powhatan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Plain View [Powhatan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Plain View ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Plain View:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Plain View - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Plain View.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 19/63255   (Place Name: Plain View (Plainview))

County: Scott     (FIPS State/County: 19/163)

Class: U6

Identifies a populated place (ie- Plain View) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Scott County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Scott County.