Editing Plainview, Nebraska (section)

==History==
The area of Plainview was first settled by William B. Chilvers around 1871.  A year later in 1872, the first post office was established.  The township was named Roseville after the first Postmaster, Charles Rose.  In 1874, after Christian Lerum made a suggestion, the area and the post office were renamed to Plainview.  The town of Plainview was incorporated and officially became Plainview Township in April 1886.<ref name="cityofplainviewne.com">“History.” City of Plainview, City of Plainview, 2020, https://www.cityofplainviewne.com/home/academy.</ref>

Plainview was [[plat]]ted in 1880 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/pierce/plainview/ | title=Plainview, Pierce County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=22 August 2014}}</ref> It took its name after [[Plainview, Minnesota]], and from the scenic landscapes of the surrounding plains.<ref>{{cite book|title=Exploring Nebraska Highways: Trip Trivia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rjRdGsXE_joC&pg=PA110|year=2007|publisher=Exploring America's Highway|isbn=978-0-9744358-7-9|page=110}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 |isbn=0-8032-5060-6 | pages=114}} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]</ref>

When Plainview was platted in 1880, there were roughly 80 settlers, two churches (one Methodist and one Congregational), one doctor, one drug store, two blacksmiths, two general stores, one hotel, and two agricultural implement dealers.  The first school was made out of sod and was organized in 1872.  The Bank of Plainview was the first bank in Plainview and was organized in 1884.<ref name="cityofplainviewne.com"/>