Editing Plainview, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Plainview was [[plat]]ted in 1857.<ref name="Upham 558">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n575 558]}}</ref> The city was named from its location on a plain at a lofty elevation, where a "plain view" can be had of the surrounding area.<ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA114 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=114}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Plainview since 1857.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Wabasha | title=Wabasha County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=10 August 2015}}</ref> Plainview was incorporated in 1875.<ref name="Upham 558" />