Plainview, California

About Plainview

Set in the central part of California, Plainview is a small unincorporated community.

Plainview holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.23 square miles.

📰 Plainview News Today

• Inside the secret California lives of niece, grandniece before ICE arrest New York Post · Apr 4
• Amazon Fresh decides to shutter 5 stores Retail Dive · Oct 8
• California company to reopen Plainview’s Harvest Queen Mill KCBD · Jan 8
• Water outage hits Plainview after malfunction at town’s sole well serving up to 200 homes kmph.com · Jun 29
• Plainview man charged with murdering, torturing ex-girlfriend ABC30 Fresno · Jan 14

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What Makes Plainview Unique

• One of 8 places in the US named Plainview — but the California one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.23 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

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🗺️ Map of Plainview

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