Editing Plainview, Texas (section)

==History==
Plainview began when Z. T. Maxwell and Edwin Lowden Lowe established a post office on March 18, 1887. The town received its name due to the vast treeless plain surrounding it. On July 3, 1888, the town received a charter, and it became the county seat in August the same year, when [[Hale County, Texas|Hale County]] was organized.<ref name="Plainview History">{{Cite web|title=Plainview, TX (Hale County) |last=Davis |first=Charles G. |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/plainview-tx-hale-county |publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]] |work=Handbook of Texas |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref>

In 1906, the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway reached Plainview, initiating an agricultural boom in the region. The city incorporated in 1907, and by 1910, it had almost 3,000 residents, earning the nickname "Athens of West Texas." Central Plains College and Conservatory of Music, later renamed Seth Ward College, was founded in 1907, and [[Wayland Baptist University|Wayland Baptist College]] (now Wayland Baptist University) was established in 1909.<ref name="Plainview History"/>

In 1969, country singer [[Jimmy Dean]] opened the Jimmy Dean Meat Company, and in 1971, [[Cargill Meat Solutions|Missouri Beef Packers]] established a large beef-processing plant.<ref name="Plainview History"/>