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The 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.
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.
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Plainview was situated at the intersection of FM 441 and FM 1163. Approaching the junction from the south, FM 441 curves to the west and FM 1163 curves to the east, while County Road 309 continues north. Louise can be reached by going west via County Road 312, Hillje is to the north on FM 441 and El Campo is to the northeast on FM 1163. [2]
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Business Interstate 27-U (Bus.I-27-U) is a business loop in the US state of Texas.It stretches 9.282 miles (14.938 km) along Columbia Street through Plainview between exits 45 and 53 on Interstate 27 (I-27).
Three commercial airlines served Plainview between 1948 and 1963. Pioneer Air Lines began service in January 1948 and ended on April 1, 1955, when the carrier merged into Continental Airlines. Continental then served the airport until 1959 when Central Airlines began service. During 1962, Central operated 516 flight departures but only boarded ...
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.