Editing Plainview, Texas

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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Charles Starnes
|leader_title1            = [[City manager]]
|leader_name1             = Jeff Johnston
|leader_title2            = [[Municipal council|City Council]]
|leader_name2             = <small>Dist 1 Rep: Mary Elizabeth Dickerson<br>Dist 2 Rep: Steve Martinez<br>Dist 3 Rep: Mike McDonough<br>Dist 4 Rep: Gary House<br>Dist 5 Rep: Daniel Rascon<br>Dist 6 Rep: Evan Weiss<br>Dist 7 Rep: Lorie Rodriguez</small>
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|website                  = {{URL|https://www.plainviewtx.org/|plainviewtx.org}}
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}}

'''Plainview''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Hale County, Texas|Hale County]], Texas, United States.<ref name="GR6">{{Cite web|title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |publisher=National Association of Counties |access-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref> The population was 20,187 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Plainview_city,_Texas?g=160XX00US4857980 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>

==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"/>

==Geography==
Plainview is located at {{coord|34|11|5.26|N|101|42|24.63|W|type:city}} (34.1847936, -101.7068417) on the [[Llano Estacado]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|13.895|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/>

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Plainview has a [[semiarid climate]], ''BSk'' on climate maps.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plainview, Texas Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase) |url=https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=3137&cityname=Plainview,+Texas,+United+States+of+America&units= |website=Weatherbase |access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref>

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 | Jan record high F  = 84
 | Feb record high F  = 89
 | Mar record high F  = 93
 | Apr record high F  = 102
 | May record high F  = 108
 | Jun record high F  = 112
 | Jul record high F  = 110
 | Aug record high F  = 107
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 | Oct record high F  = 99
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 | Jan avg record high F  = 73.4
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 | May avg record high F  = 97.4
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 | Jul avg record high F  = 100.7
 | Aug avg record high F  = 99.2
 | Sep avg record high F  = 96.0
 | Oct avg record high F  = 90.4
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 | year avg record high F = 104.4
 | Jan high F = 52.3
 | Feb high F = 56.7
 | Mar high F = 65.1
 | Apr high F = 73.4
 | May high F = 81.8
 | Jun high F = 90.2
 | Jul high F = 92.4
 | Aug high F = 91.0
 | Sep high F = 83.8
 | Oct high F = 74.0
 | Nov high F = 61.8
 | Dec high F = 52.8
 | year high F = 72.9
 | Jan mean F = 39.2
 | Feb mean F = 42.8
 | Mar mean F = 50.7
 | Apr mean F = 58.7
 | May mean F = 68.3
 | Jun mean F = 77.1
 | Jul mean F = 80.1
 | Aug mean F = 78.7
 | Sep mean F = 71.3
 | Oct mean F = 60.3
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 | Sep low F = 58.8
 | Oct low F = 46.7
 | Nov low F = 35.1
 | Dec low F = 27.6
 | year low F = 46.4
 | Jan avg record low F  = 12.0
 | Feb avg record low F  = 14.8
 | Mar avg record low F  = 20.0
 | Apr avg record low F  = 30.2
 | May avg record low F  = 40.7
 | Jun avg record low F  = 54.5
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 | Sep record low F  = 33
 | Oct record low F  = 17
 | Nov record low F  = 3
 | Dec record low F  = -5
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 | Jul precipitation inch = 2.38
 | Aug precipitation inch = 2.12
 | Sep precipitation inch = 1.99
 | Oct precipitation inch = 1.63
 | Nov precipitation inch = 0.83
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 2829
|1920= 3989
|1930= 8834
|1940= 8263
|1950= 14044
|1960= 18735
|1970= 19096
|1980= 22187
|1990= 21700
|2000= 22336
|2010= 22194
|2020= 20187
|estyear=2023
|estimate=19420
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |website=www.census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><br>Texas Almanac: 1850-2000<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas Almanac: City Population History from 1850–2000 |url=http://www.texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/CityPopHist%20web.pdf |publisher=[[Texas Almanac]] |access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010 |url=http://www.texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |publisher=[[Texas Almanac]] |access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

As of the 2023 [[American Community Survey]], there are 6,998 estimated households in Plainview with an average of 2.75 persons per household. The city has a median household income of $45,991. Approximately 22.7% of the city's population lives at or below the [[Poverty in the United States|poverty line]]. Plainview has an estimated 63.8% employment rate, with 15.7% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 74.8% holding a high school diploma.

The top five reported ancestries (people were allowed to report up to two ancestries, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were English (61.8%), Spanish (36.9%), Indo-European (0.8%), Asian and Pacific Islander (0.1%), and Other (0.4%).

The median age in the city was 32.0 years.

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Plainview, Texas – racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
! Race / ethnicity <small>(''NH = non-Hispanic'')</small>
! Pop. 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Plainview city, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4857980&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>
! Pop. 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Plainview city, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4857980&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>
! {{partial|Pop. 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Plainview city, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4857980&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>
! % 2000
! % 2010
! {{partial|% 2020}}
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
| 9,580
| 7,513
| style='background: #ffffe6; |5,579
| 42.89%
| 33.85%
| style='background: #ffffe6; |27.64%
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
| 1,262
| 1,077
| style='background: #ffffe6; |934
| 5.65%
| 4.85%
| style='background: #ffffe6; |4.63%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
| 91
| 65
| style='background: #ffffe6; |71
| 0.41%
| 0.29%
| style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
| 93
| 107
| style='background: #ffffe6; |115
| 0.42%
| 0.48%
| style='background: #ffffe6; |0.57%
|-
| [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
| 7
| 18
| style='background: #ffffe6; |25
| 0.03%
| 0.08%
| style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
| 14
| 24
| style='background: #ffffe6; |40
| 0.06%
| 0.11%
| style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or multiracial]] (NH)
| 158
| 169
| style='background: #ffffe6; |377
| 0.71%
| 0.76%
| style='background: #ffffe6; |1.87%
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
| 11,131
| 13,221
| style='background: #ffffe6; |13,046
| 49.83%
| 59.57%
| style='background: #ffffe6; |64.63%
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''22,336'''
| '''22,194'''
| style='background: #ffffe6; |'''20,187'''
| '''100.00%'''
| '''100.00%'''
| style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 20,187 people, 7,418 households, and 5,024 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Plainview%20city,%20Texas%20p16&y=2020 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|1452.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 8,549 housing units at an average density of {{convert|615.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 48.80% [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 5.04% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.11% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.59% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.12% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 23.45% from some other races and 20.88% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people of any race were 64.63% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How many people live in Plainview city, Texas |url=https://data.usatoday.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/plainview-city-texas/160-4857980/ |publisher=[[USA Today]] |access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], there were 22,194 people, 7,605 households, and _ families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1608.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 8,536 housing units at an average density of {{convert|618.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 68.54% [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 5.19% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.07% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.49% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 20.97% from some other races and 3.65% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people of any race were 59.57% of the population.

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 22,336 people, 7,626 households, and 5,666 families residing in the city. The population density was {{Convert|1621.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 8,471 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|614.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 63.21% [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 5.87% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.13% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.43% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.00% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 26.59% from some other races and 2.77% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people of any race were 49.83% of the population.

Of the 7,626 households, 40.1% had children under 18 living with them, 57.2% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were not families. About 22.7% of all households were composed of single individuals, and 11.2% were households of persons 65 years of age or older living alone. The average household size was 2.82, and the average family size was four.

In the city, the age distribution was 31.0% under 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.

The median income per household was $31,551, and per family was $35,215. Males had a median income of $26,434 versus $19,888 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,791. About 15.0% of families and 19.1% of the population were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]], including 25.1% of those under 18, and 14.8% of those 65 or over.

==Economy==
In 2009, the [[Texas Department of State Health Services]] ordered the recall of all products produced by a processing facility near Plainview owned by [[Peanut Corporation of America]]. Rodents, excrement, and feathers in the plant had been found in the facility's products. The closure was not related to closures of PCA plants due to ''[[Salmonella]]'' concerns.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dead rodents, excrement in peanut processor lead to recall - CNN.com |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/12/peanut.butter.recall/index.html |website=www.cnn.com |date=February 12, 2009 |access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref>

A Cargill [[Slaughterhouse|beef processing plant]], then the largest employer in the city, closed in 2013 due to lack of incoming animals, a result of the [[2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought|2010–2012 drought]]. The closure created challenges for the city, as an estimated 2,300 employees and their families relocated.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Drought Takes Its Toll on a Texas Business and a Town |last=Fernandez |first=Manny |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/us/drought-fells-a-texas-towns-biggest-employer.html |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 27, 2013 |access-date=February 28, 2013 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Government==
The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] Region V office is located in Plainview.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/reg5.htm Region V Director's Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705222217/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/reg5.htm |date=July 5, 2009}}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on January 2, 2010.</ref> The current Region V headquarters opened in 1996 in a former [[Bank of America]] building.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=PDHB&d_place=PDHB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10823FE38B2CBA1F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM REGION FIVE PRISON HEADQUARTERS OPENS]." ''[[Plainview Daily Herald]]''. July 18, 1996. Retrieved on May 6, 2010. "The new headquarters' home is the former Bank of America building which was owned by the..."</ref>

==Education==
The city is served by the [[Plainview Independent School District]], which enrolled 5,585 students {{As of|2018|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.plainviewisd.org/site/default.aspx?DomainID=851|title=District Overview / District Overview|website=www.plainviewisd.org|language=en|access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref> The district attracts transfer students from surrounding school districts. Due to the PISD's size compared to surrounding districts, many of the district's schools provide extensive support for disabled students and students with special needs not available at other schools outside the district, in addition to more specialized courses. The mascot for the [[Plainview High School (Texas)|Plainview High School]] is a grey [[English Bulldog]] nicknamed "Big Red".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kcbd.com/story/7143337/plainview-bulldogs|title=Plainview Bulldogs|date=September 28, 2007|website=kcbd.com|language=en-US|access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref>

[[Wayland Baptist University]], a private, four-year, [[coeducational]], Baptist university, is based in the city. In 1908, when the school was founded, the campus was more than a mile from the city limit. The Museum of the Llano Estacado, now the Mabee Regional Heritage Center, opened in 1976, is located on the university grounds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plainview, Texas |last=Davis |first=Charles G. |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hep10 |website=www.tshaonline.org |date=June 15, 2010 |access-date=December 22, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The museum is home to a permanent exhibit featuring artifacts from the [[Plainview Site]], and fossilized remains of a [[Columbian mammoth]] known as the "Imperial Mammoth".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Imperial Mammoth |url=https://www.plainviewtx.org/gallery.aspx?PID=5 |website=Plainview, TX |access-date=December 22, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The Mabee Regional Heritage Center includes the Jimmy Dean, Llano of the Estacado and Flying Queens museums.

An extension of [[South Plains College]] serves the residents of the city.

==Media==
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The [[Plainview Daily Herald|''Plainview Herald'']], formerly the ''Plainview Daily Herald'', is the city's only remaining newspaper. It was acquired from local owners by [[Hearst Communications]] in 1979. It is among the oldest newspapers in Texas still in publication, and became fully computer paginated in 1994, the same year it began publishing an online edition. Customers in the city are also served by the ''[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]'', which often reports on news from Plainview.

Eight radio stations broadcast from the city, including [[KVOP]], among the oldest in the region. KVOP's call sign originally meant "Voice of Plainview".{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

The city is within the Lubbock television market. Due to the terrain, television stations based in Amarillo can be received over-the-air, either directly or via repeaters north of the city. Prior to 1993, virtually all stations broadcast from Lubbock and Amarillo markets were retransmitted by the local cable operator. After changes were made to must-carry rules by the [[Federal Communications Commission]], only stations from Lubbock are available to cable and [[Digital Satellite Service|digital satellite]] customers in the city.

The [[Steve Martin]] film ''[[Leap of Faith (film)|Leap of Faith]]'' (1992) was filmed in and around Plainview. Several residents were hired as extras for the film. Until 2016, a water tower east of downtown bore the name and mascot of the fictional town on which the movie was set: ''Rustwater Bengals''.

An episode of ''[[Vice (TV series)|Vice]]'' portrayed the city as a ghost town in a documentary feature called "[[List of Vice episodes#Season 2 (2014)|Deliver Us from Drought]]", despite 22,000 residents still living in the city at the time of filming.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2 new documentaries cite Plainview's plight |last=Marquez |first=Homer |url=https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/2-new-documentaries-cite-Plainview-s-plight-8392045.php |publisher=[[Plainview Daily Herald]] |date=May 21, 2014 |access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref> The documentary featured numerous locations, many of which had been closed or abandoned for years prior, as examples of recent rural flight following a drought. The documentary followed the template of a similar short, "Dry and Drier in West Texas", which was broadcast on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dry and Drier in West Texas – The Story Group |url=http://thestorygroup.org/texas/ |date=February 22, 2015 |access-date=December 22, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> Both documentaries portrayed residents of the city as excessively religious.

==Transportation==
Plainview is at the intersection of [[Interstate 27|Interstate Highway 27]], U.S. highways [[U.S. Route 87|87]] and [[U.S. Route 70|70]], and [[Texas State Highway 194|State Highway 194]].<ref name="Plainview History"/>

==Notable people==
* [[James H. Clark]], founder of [[Silicon Graphics]], [[Netscape Communications Corporation|Netscape]], and other companies
* [[Jimmy Dean]], singer, actor, and entrepreneur, host of ''[[The Jimmy Dean Show]]''
* [[Bob Dorough]], bebop and cool jazz pianist
* [[Michael Egnew]], former player for the [[Miami Dolphins]]
* Marshall Formby, a former county judge for [[Dickens County, Texas|Dickens County]] and a [[Texas State Senate|state senator]]
* [[Leonard Garcia]], retired professional [[mixed martial artist]].
* [[Todrick Hall]], [[List of YouTube personalities|YouTube]] personality, singer, and Broadway actor
* [[Harry Igo]], president of Plainsman Fertilizer Company, a division of [[W.R. Grace and Company]]. On July 26, 1945, Army Air Force Captain Igo and his crew transported parts of the [[Little Boy]] atomic bomb in a [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]] cargo plane from [[Kirtland Air Force Base]] ([[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]) to [[Hamilton Army Airfield]], California. Igo and his crew did not know the contents of their cargo until the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] revealed it years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00248/tsw-00248.html|title=Harry Igo: An Inventory of His Papers, 1934-1994 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library|accessdate=March 5, 2015|publisher=Texas Archival Resources Online}}</ref>
* [[Don January]], professional golfer
* [[Harrison Keller (academic)|Harrison Keller]], President of the [[University of North Texas]] since 2024
* [[Jim Landtroop]], former member of [[Texas House of Representatives]]
* [[Pete Laney]], former [[speaker of the Texas House of Representatives]]
* [[Emily Jones McCoy]], former reporter for [[KCBD]] and [[Fox Sports Networks]]
* [[Lawrence McCutcheon]], former player for the [[Los Angeles Rams]]
* [[Carl Nafzger]], Thoroughbred trainer of Derby winner Unbridled and 1990 [[Breeders' Cup]]
* [[Ray Poage]], former player for the [[Minnesota Vikings]]
* [[Lavern Roach]], professional boxer
* Mariel Salcedo, online video personality, podcast host, actress, and producer for [[Rooster Teeth Productions]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mariel Salcedo |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6461427/ |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Mariel_Salcedo|title=Mariel Salcedo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Your Friendly Neighborhood Queer: Rooster Teeth's Mariel Salcedo |url=https://www.spectrumsouth.com/rooster-teeth-mariel-salcedo/ |date=September 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Julius Waring Walker, Jr.]], former [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Burkina Faso|U.S. ambassador to Burkina Faso]]
* [[Jamar Wall]], player with [[Calgary Stampeders]] ([[Canadian Football League|CFL]])
* [[James Henry Wayland]], physician, founder of Wayland Baptist University
* [[Jerry Sisemore]], American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was an [[offensive lineman]] for 12 seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] from 1973 to 1984.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.plainviewtx.org/ City of Plainview – official website]
* [https://www.plainviewtexaschamber.com/ Plainview Chamber of Commerce]
* [https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/plainview-tx-hale-county Plainview in the Handbook of Texas]

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