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History · Plainview

Plainview’s post office opened in 1907, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Mountain View Farm and the Evans-Neuhart House.

1907first post office
2on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Plainview began

When was Plainview founded?

1907

The Plainview post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Jennings Falls (1872), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 467119 years
Founding year: the first Plainview post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Plainview’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Plainview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Plainview’s history is told.

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The story so far

Plainview, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Plainview yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Plainview is a city in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Plainview had a population of 467. It is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 608 to 467 (-23%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Plainview, 1872 to 1916

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Jennings Falls post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Plainview post office opens
  5. 1914Post officeThe Jennings Falls post office closes
  6. 1916Born hereSandy Sanford is born here
By decade

Plainview, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Stream Through the Forest - Arkansas2019Stream Through the Forest - ArkansasMountain View Farm2015Mountain View FarmWard's Crossing Bridge, 1905 - Ward's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Fourche Lafave River at Sunlight Bay Road (CR 8)2005Ward's Crossing Bridge, 1905 - Ward's Crossing Bridge…Three Bridges Comparison - Ward's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Fourche Lafave River at Sunlight Bay Road (CR 8)2005Three Bridges Comparison - Ward's Crossing Bridge, Sp…Cut-Away Perspective - Ward's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Fourche Lafave River at Sunlight Bay Road (CR 8)2005Cut-Away Perspective - Ward's Crossing Bridge, Spanni…ARMap-doton-Plainview2005ARMap-doton-Plainview
On the National Register

2 historic places in Plainview

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
10
each building in a district counts
first listed
1996
Mountain View Farm
Evans-Neuhart House
Buildings
Mountain View FarmBuilding
Evans-Neuhart HouseBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Plainview’s post office has been open since 1907. Another post office, Jennings Falls, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Jennings Falls
1872–1914
Plainview
1907–today
18701950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Plainview’s history

What year was Plainview founded?

The Plainview post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Plainview?

Two places: the Mountain View Farm (listed 1996) and the Evans-Neuhart House (2014).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.