Plainview is an unincorporated community in Hillyard Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.

Plainview is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Shipman.

Plainview had a post office, which closed on October 3, 1998.

[2] Thomas D. Bare (1867–1931), Illinois newspaper editor and state senator, was born in Plainview.

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