Editing Plainview, Nebraska (section)

==Points of interest==
Plainview promotes itself as the "Klown Kapital" of the world, boasting a Klown Festival every June and a Klown Doll Museum with more than 4,500 pieces on display.<ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/klowndollmuseum/ Klown Doll Museum&ndash;home.] Retrieved 2010-02-19.</ref>
 
Plainview has three structures on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the [[Athletic Park Band Shell|Foy George Memorial Band Shell]]; the [[Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad Depot (Plainview, Nebraska)|Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad depot]], now serving as the Plainview Historical Museum; and the [[Plainview Carnegie Library|Carnegie library]], still in use as such. The site of Plainview's first sod house is on city land; the city also has two Sears Catalog homes.

The ''Plainview News'' is the city's only newspaper.

Plainview is served by an independent telephone company, and has state-of-the-art fiber optics throughout the city. Plainview holds the distinction of being the first city in Nebraska with fiber-optic lines for every resident and business.

The city council is a four-person council with a mayor position. Council members serve four-year terms, with a rotating schedule of term limits. The mayor also recently appointed a city administrator.

Plainview was used as the fictional "Hawthorne" where much of the 2013 film ''[[Nebraska (film)|Nebraska]]'' takes place.<ref name="Plainview web site">{{cite web|title=HAWTHORNE - City of Plainview, NE|url=http://www.cityofplainviewne.com/hawthorne.html|accessdate=2014-07-18}}</ref>

A volunteer fire department and EMS serves Plainview.<ref name="FireDepartment.net">{{cite web|title=Plainview Volunteer Fire Department|url=http://www.firedepartment.net/directory/nebraska/pierce-county/plainview/plainview-volunteer-fire-department|accessdate=2018-03-13}}</ref>