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About Plainview, NE

Plainview is a small farming town in northeastern Nebraska's Pierce County, home to about 1,300 residents. Highway 20 runs east-west through town, connecting to Norfolk 25 miles southeast and O'Neill 30 miles northwest. Most traffic comes from Highway 81 via Pierce or Norfolk for local business and shopping trips. The town sits amid typical Great Plains farmland with corn and soybean fields. Its bright red 1920s water tower serves as a landmark visible for miles across the flat countryside.

Where is Plainview, NE on the map?

Plainview, NE is in United States, at 42.353, -97.787 - about 15 km north-west of Foster, NE.

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The closest airport to Plainview, NE is Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field, 130 km (about 1 h 40 min by car).

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