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  2. Plainview, Wharton County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Plainview is a ghost town in southwestern Wharton County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 441 (FM 441) and Farm to Market Road 1163 (FM 1163), southwest of El Campo. The community had its own school from as early as 1916 until 1948.

  3. Hale County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Santa Fe Railway came to Plainview in 1906, [10] and Wayland Baptist College was founded the same year. [11] In 1909, businessman Levi Schick opened the Schick Opera House. [12] The county's first motor-driven irrigation well was drilled five years later. [5] The Texas Land and Development Company was organized in Plainview in 1912.

  4. Interstate 27 Business (Plainview, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    The highway follows the original routing of US 87 through the city of Plainview. When the new US 87 freeway was built to the west, this segment was redesignated Loop 445, the Plainview Loop, on January 31, 1967, and marked as a business route of US 87. [2] On June 21, 1990, Loop 445 was redesignated Bus. I-27-U. [1]

  5. Google Street View in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Google Maps Camera Car showcased on Google campus in Mountain View, California in November 2010. The United States was the first country to have Google Street View images and was the only country with images for over a year following introduction of the service on May 25, 2007. Early on, most locations had a limited number of views, usually ...

  6. La Quinta Inns & Suites - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, La Quinta gave up on pay-per-view in-room entertainment to focus on letting customers use their own devices. [citation needed] In 2012, La Quinta launched the Instant hold option, allowing customers to make last-minute reservations with their phone numbers. [8] In 2013, Blackstone started to pave the way for the sale of La Quinta. [9]

  7. Farm to Market Road 400 - Wikipedia

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    The route was extended northward to Plainview on January 27, 1950. It was extended north to the Hale/Swisher County Line on February 24, 1953, replacing the section of FM 788 from US 70 north to the junction of FM 788 and FM 400; this created the concurrency with FM 788 , which TxDOT officially considers a gap in that route's mileage. [ 10 ]

  8. List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.

  9. Texas State Highway 194 - Wikipedia

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    On November 22, 1940, the section from Plainview to 3.6 miles north of the Hale–Lubbock county line was cancelled. On March 6, 1941, the section of SH 194 from Slaton to Tahoka was cancelled. The current route parallels the Burlington Northern railway along its entire route, except for the final half mile in Plainview.