It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 277 and FM 1235, approximately thirteen miles southwest of Abilene.

View came into existence through the speculating activities of the Sweetwater-based Western Development Company, led by attorney Royston Campbell Crane, Sr.

It was only when the Coleman Cutoff of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad system came through Taylor County, bypassing Abilene, that the area started to develop.

[1] Originally called Caps Sides, the community became a registered town site on August 2, 1910.

In 1935, a joint school called Butterfield was constructed between View and the neighboring community of Caps.