Plainview, Tennessee

About Plainview

Plainview, TN is a small town located in northeastern Tennessee counting 2,226 people who proudly call it home.

Plainview holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 6.37 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 349 residents per square mile.

📰 Plainview News Today

• Local Plainview Elementary School Gets an Unexpected Visitor that Stopped By WGNS Radio · Feb 19
• Jeremy Pruitt part of Plainview's undefeated football regular season Vols Wire · Nov 11
• PPD: Man charged with attempted criminal homicide after shooting in Luttrell WBIR · Nov 27
• Linda Self Roper Obituary May 22, 2026 Legacy obituary · May 27
• Fired Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt can be a college football coach again, judge rules Knoxville News Sentinel · Dec 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Plainview Unique

• One of 8 places in the US named Plainview — but the Tennessee one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in northeastern Tennessee, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Tennessee — one of 504 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Plainview

• Sunrise Market — sandwich

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Plainview

• Corryton Village Park reviews ★
• Gibbs Community Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Plainview

• Corryton Elementary
• Gibbs Elementary
• Gibbs High School
• Gibbs Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Plainview

🏘️ Nearby Communities