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Plainview Rural School History and Growth Chronicle
Plainview School District in Jones County shows a $1200 bonded debt with a 145404.70 valuation and a 15e tax rate. The 16 square mile area hosts Plainview, Fairview Church, and the Fairview cemetery, with early settlement by G H Brocket and others. The first school, Fairview, began near 1887, later moved and rebuilt as Plainview, with staff including Misses Reed, Colbert, and Steel, and trustees such as McQuary and Jones. The district expanded through 1907 1908, adding desks and a second room, and now serves about TM pupils with 9 grades, focusing on academics and athletics. Local farmers prosper, diversifying crops, livestock, and beekeeping with several modern homes and notable farms in the area.
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Plainview
Jones County
G. H. Brocket
Abilene
James Johnson
R. S. Harris
Brocket Ranch
Fairview Church
Fairview School
G. H. Brocker
New Haven
Conn
Lunker
Fairview
Tuxedo
Mose Jones Sr
Ave
Lem Treadwell
Wus
Author McQuary
Wash Jones
G. W. Weathers
Willie Steel
Dawn Johnson
John Jenkins