Plainview is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Georgia, United States, located approximately three miles from Madison.

History

Plainview has historically been a farming community. Plainview contains Plainview Baptist Church and Plainview Baptist Church Cemetery. In 1930 and 1934 respectively, artist

Benny Andrews Benny Andrews (November 13, 1930 – November 10, 2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. Born in Plainview, Georgia, Andrews earned a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1958, and soon after m ...

and writer

Raymond Andrews Raymond Andrews (June 6, 1934 – November 25, 1991) was an African-American novelist. Early life and education Raymond Andrews was born June 6, 1934, in Plainview, Georgia, and grew up in north central Georgia. He was the fourth child of Geor ...

were born in Plainview. In 1966, ''

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'' published an article about the introduction of football to Plainview. In 1979, the Supreme Court of Georgia the upheld the conviction of a person convicted of the murder and armed robbery of John Garrison, who was a grocery store operator in Plainview.

Notable people

(1930–2006), painter and printmaker *

(1934–1991), novelist

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) {{MorganCountyGA-geo-stub