View 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 Taylor County,

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, United States. It is located at the intersection of

U.S. Highway 277 U.S. Route 277 (US 277, US-277) is a north–south United States Highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 77. It no longer connects to its parent route, US 77, although it does intersect another one of its spurs ( U.S. Route 377). It runs ...

and FM 1235, approximately thirteen miles southwest of Abilene. The community is part of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

View came into existence through the speculating activities of the Sweetwater-based Western Development Company, led by attorney Royston Campbell Crane, Sr. It was only when the Coleman Cutoff of the

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at variou ...

system came through Taylor County, bypassing Abilene, that the area started to develop. Originally called ''Caps Sides'', the community became a registered town site on August 2, 1910. It was renamed View due to its location on a hill overlooking attractive farmland below. By 1914, View has an estimated population of forty. In 1935, a joint school called Butterfield was constructed between View and the neighboring community of

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. The school consolidated with the Wylie Independent School District in 1978 and remained operational until its closure at the end of the 2005–2006 school year. Over the years, View has remained a small community. In 1988, the population was approximately 71 and had increased to 75 by 1990. That figure remained the same in 2000.

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* * Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Taylor County, Texas Abilene metropolitan area {{TaylorCountyTX-geo-stub