Plainview Iowa Map

About Plainview, Iowa

Plainview is a locality in Scott County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 19. The population density is 13.3 people per km². Plainview is located at 41.6684°N, 90.7826°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 52773.

Plainview emerges from the expansive horizon as a quiet grid of streets anchored firmly within the deep, dark loam of the Midwest. It lies 14.6 miles northwest of Davenport, IA (from Davenport, IA: bearing 313°T), and is situated 17.8 miles northwest of Moline. The land surrounding Plainview stretches in unending reaches of soybean and corn, where the flat, fertile earth catches the low, golden light of late afternoon, casting long shadows that emphasize the subtle swells of the prairie. A mile to the east, the water of Mud Creek traces a slow, meandering path through the silt, while the denser canopy of Cameron Woods State Preserve offers a sanctuary of timber just three miles away. On the clearest days, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Army Ridge Bluffs marks the far western edge of the world, providing a rugged contrast to the orderly, tilled fields that define the immediate landscape.

Plainview bears the quiet mark of its settlers, who arrived with a resolve to cultivate the heavy soil and establish a rhythm dictated by the harvest. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the earth, as the heavy machinery of modern agriculture moves through the fields with a steady, mechanical hum that defines the local atmosphere. Life here is colored by an unshowy, literate civility, a heritage passed down through generations who have long valued the slow, deliberate pace of rural existence. Residents often find their respite at the edge of Lamps Pond, four miles distant, where the stillness of the water reflects a sky that feels vast and unburdened. This is a place where the work of the day is measured in acres and the evenings are kept by the cooling air that drifts across the plains, cooling the asphalt and settling the dust of the afternoon.

About This Plainview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plainview, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.668361, -90.782645. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Plainview includes the ZIP code (52773), telephone area code (712), county seat of Scott County (Davenport), and school district assignment (Davenport Community School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.