Plainview is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Hillyard Township,
Macoupin County,
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
, United States. Plainview is northeast of
Shipman.
History
Plainview had a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
, which closed on October 3, 1998.
Thomas D. Bare (1867–1931), Illinois newspaper editor and state senator, was born in Plainview.
['Illinois Blue Book 1907-1908,' Biographical Sketch of Thomas D. Bare, pg. 276-277]
References
Unincorporated communities in Macoupin County, Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Illinois
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