Plainview, Texas
Plainview sits on the level farmland of the High Plains in Hale County, about 43 miles north of Lubbock along the Interstate 27 corridor. The area is a major producer of cotton, grain, and cattle, and irrigated agriculture and feedlots anchor the local economy. The town carries a settled college-and-farming character on the wide plains of the Texas Panhandle region.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 19,314
- Change from 2020 base
- -3.9%
- Land area
- 13.9 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Hale County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Hale County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Plainview
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Plainview.
County History
Hale County was carved from open range in 1876 and organized in 1888
The county is named for a soldier who died at San Jacinto, and its seat Plainview was named for the vast treeless landscape its founders saw.
Property Tax Basics
Two offices handle property taxes in Hale County
Hale County splits property tax duties between two offices, which can confuse new property owners.
Archaeology
A 9,000-year-old spear point found near Plainview changed American archaeology
In 1941, workers near Plainview found ancient bison bones and a uniquely shaped spear point that showed people lived here thousands of years ago.
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