Plainview is an unincorporated community in

Morgan County, Georgia Morgan County is a county located in the north central Piedmont region and the lake country region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,097. The county seat is Madison. Since the early 21st century, t ...

, United States, located approximately three miles from

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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 ...

and writer Raymond Andrews were born in Plainview. In 1966, ''

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'' published an article about the introduction of

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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 * Raymond Andrews (1934–1991), novelist

References

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